Ebere R Agusi, Jacob Schön, Valerie Allendorf, Emmanuel A Eze, Olayinka Asala, Ismaila Shittu, Anne Balkema-Buschmann, Kerstin Wernike, Ishaya Tekki, Mark Ofua, Omowunmi Adefegha, Oluwatoyin Olubade, Oluyemi Ogunmolawa, Klaas Dietze, Anja Globig, Donata Hoffmann, Clement A Meseko
Anthropogenic exposure of domestic animals, as well as wildlife, can result in zoonotic transmission events with known and unknown pathogens including sarbecoviruses. During the COVID-19 pandemic, SARS-CoV-2 infections in animals, most likely resulting from spill-over from humans, have been documented worldwide. However, only limited information is available for Africa. The anthropozoonotic transmission from humans to animals, followed by further inter- and intraspecies propagation may contribute to viral evolution, and thereby subsequently alter the epidemiological patterns of transmission...
June 2024: One Health