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Co-circulation of two SARS-CoV-2 variant strains within imported pet hamsters in Hong Kong
9 Feb 2022
Abstract excerpt
During the investigation of a pet shop outbreak of severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) with probable hamster-to-human transmission, the environmental and hamster samples in epidemiologically linked pet shops were found positive for SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant AY.127 strains which are phylogenetically closely related to patients and reported European strains. This interspecies' spill-over has...
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