Table 2 Host prediction results of SARS-CoV-2.
From: Predicting hosts based on early SARS-CoV-2 samples and analyzing the 2020 pandemic
Prediction | Evidence of infection with SARS-CoV-25 | Reported transmission to humans | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mustela lutreola/Neovison vison | - From 19 April to 1 October, 2020, out of around 120 mink farms in Netherlands, 57 have been declared infected - From 17 June to 1 October, 2020, SARS-CoV-2 has been detected in 41 mink farms in Denmark - On 16 July, 2020, 80% of the animal samples were tested positive in a Spanish farm | - Two cases that minks transmitted SARS-CoV-2 to humans in Dutch farms were reported by Nature on 1 June 202011 |
- On 17 August, 2020, confirmed cases were reported in minks at two farms in Utah, the United States - On 9 October, 2020, 10,000 minks were dead at the United States fur farms and believed infected by SARS-CoV-2 | |||
| Rhinolophidae(Rhinolophus sinicus, Rhinolophus affinis)/Hipposideridae | - SARS-CoV-2 is 96% identical at the whole-genome level to a bat coronavirus | N.A |
| Canis lupus familiaris | - Confirmed cases in dogs were reported in Hong Kong, New York, Georgia, Texas, South Carolina, etc. | N.A |
| Felidae | - Laboratory confirmed cases of cats | N.A |
- Four tigers and three lions at the same facility were all confirmed with SARS-CoV-2 in New York in April, 2020 | |||
- Confirmed cases in cats in New York, Minnesota, Illinois, California | |||
