West Nile Virus, which originated in arthropods and is transmitted by mosquitoes, established itself in New York City in 1999 and has since become endemic in the U.S. Similar to COVID, the H1N1 “swine flu” pandemic of 2009 is thought to have been caused by North American and European pigs intermingling, mixing strains of the flu. It’s thought to have spilled over from a bat, pangolin, or racoon dog to humans, perhaps via an intermediary like a pet (although a controversial “lab leak” hypothesis has not quite been completely debunked). Wildlife, including scores of white-tailed and mule deer, a black-tailed marmoset, and a giant anteater.ĬOVID is infamously no exception to the “zoonotic” diseases that animals have transferred to humans, or vice versa.
Zoo animals like lions, tigers, snow leopards, otters, hyenas, hippos, and manatees.Pets like cats, dogs, ferrets, and hamsters.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Among the menagerie of animals who have, according to the U.S. It was the first in what would become a steady stream of stories about animals who, like most of us, came down with COVID. The story was referencing 4-year-old Malayan tiger, Nadia, who contracted COVID early in the pandemic, along with six other tigers at the Bronx Zoo-likely after being cared for by a presymptomatic zoo worker. zoo tests positive for coronavirus, becomes first animal to get COVID-19,” an April 2020 headline proclaimed.
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