Secondary zoonotic dog-to-human transmission of SARS-CoV-2 suggested by timeline but refuted by viral genome sequencing.
John Michael HoppeLouise U FüeßlKatrin HartmannRegina Hofmann-LehmannAlexander GrafStefan KrebsHelmut BlumIrina BadellOliver T KepplerMaximilian MuenchhoffPublished in: Infection (2022)
The results of this case support current knowledge about the low risk of secondary zoonotic dog-to-human transmissions of SARS-CoV-2 and emphasizes the strength of genomic sequencing in deciphering viral transmission chains.