SARS-associated coronavirus transmitted from human to pig

Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Mar;11(3):446-8. doi: 10.3201/eid1103.040824.

Abstract

Severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) was isolated from a pig during a survey for possible routes of viral transmission after a SARS epidemic. Sequence and epidemiology analyses suggested that the pig was infected by a SARS-CoV of human origin.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animal Feed / virology
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Viral / blood
  • China
  • Genes, Viral
  • Humans
  • Phylogeny
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / transmission*
  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus / genetics
  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus / isolation & purification*
  • Swine / virology*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral