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SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak among Malayan Tigers and Humans,Tennessee, USA, 2020 |
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| Authors: | Heather N. Grome Becky Meyer Erin Read Martha Buchanan Andrew Cushing Kaitlin Sawatzki Kara J. Levinson Linda S. Thomas Zachary Perry Anna Uehara Ying Tao Krista Queen Suxiang Tong Ria Ghai Mary-Margaret Fill Timothy F. Jones William Schaffner John Dunn |
| Abstract: | We report an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 involving 3 Malayan tigers (Panthera tigris jacksoni) at a zoo in Tennessee, USA. Investigation identified naturally occurring tiger-to-tiger transmission; genetic sequence change occurred with viral passage. We provide epidemiologic, environmental, and genomic sequencing data for animal and human infections. |
| Keywords: | COVID-19 respiratory infections severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 SARS-CoV-2 SARS coronavirus disease zoonoses viruses coronavirus Malayan tigers Tennessee outbreak investigation United States |