Resumen de SARS-CoV-2 in domestic and wild animals: viral characteristics, genetics, epidemiology and transmission
Roberto Darwin Coello Peralta, Sandra Gabriela Parra Guayasamin, Diego Martín Cushicóndor Collaguazo, Estefania Ortega
COVID-19 is a global pandemic of zoonotic origin that has affected more than 620 million people and is caused by a new coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2. This is a compilation of recent literature on the characteristics, genome, epidemiology, transmission, interspecies transmission, interspecies barrier jumping, genetic characteristics and evolutionary potential of this virus. Some evidence suggests that the virus uses ACE2 to infect various wild animals such as bats, ferrets, pangolins, monkeys, mink, snakes, tigers and lions; and domestic animals such as cats, dogs, cows, buffaloes, goats, sheep and pigeons. However, they can jump the species barrier and infect humans. In addition, coronaviruses can adapt to any ecosystem, especially in wild environments, where they can be maintained through a transmission network in various wild and domestic animals, but they can break paradigms at any time. SARS-CoV-2 has caused a great impact on health systems and economies on all continents, but it is also causing radical damage, changes in habits and common lifestyles.
