Animal Hosts of Coronavirus Unsung Reason behind Recurring Outbreaks

Tawsif Ahmed Kazi, Rajarshi Bhattacharya, Bidhan Chandra Mukhopadhyay, Suranjita Mitra, Sukhendu Mandal and Swadesh Ranjan Biswas
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Sukhendu Mandal: Department of Botany,Visva-Bharati, India
Swadesh Ranjan Biswas: Department of Microbiology, University of Calcutta, India

International Journal of Cell Science & Molecular Biology, 2020, vol. 6, issue 5, 130-132

Abstract: The world has witnessed severe recurrent outbreaks of highly infectious human diseases caused by deadly coronaviruses such as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV), Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Compared to the previous incidence of coronavirus diseases, the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19 caused by 2019-nCoV is more severe, spreading rapidly all over the globe and has been declared as a pandemic by WHO. Previously, SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV was reported to have originated from their natural ecological reservoir i.e. bats, and then passed to humans through intermediate hosts palm civets and camels, respectively. While many reports suggest the bat origin of 2019-nCoV, but substantial evidence for animals as intermediate hosts is still lacking. Understanding of how a virus from a reservoir adapts to new host (s) is essential for disease management. The present review provides the latest results on animal hosts of human coronaviruses. As the new coronavirus is rapidly spreading around the world, future research should aim to investigate for the next potential coronavirus animal hosts.

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Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.19080/IJCSMB.2020.06.555699

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