Zooanthroponotic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and host-specific viral mutations revealed by genome-wide phylogenetic analysis

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creativework.keywords - en
Zoonoses
Zoonoses
SRAS-CoV-2
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
COVID-19 (Disease)
creativework.keywords - fr
Animals as carriers of disease
Animaux (Vecteurs de maladies)
Génomes viraux
Viral genomes
Phylogenèse
Phylogeny
dc.contributor.author
Naderi, Sana
Chen, Peter E.
Murall, Carmen Lia
Poujol, Raphael
Kraemer, Susanne
Pickering, Bradley S.
Sagan, Selena M.
Shapiro, B. Jesse
dc.date.accepted
2023-03-20
dc.date.accessioned
2024-08-12T19:24:13Z
dc.date.available
2024-08-12T19:24:13Z
dc.date.issued
2023-04-04
dc.date.submitted
2022-09-24
dc.description.abstract - en
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a generalist virus, infecting and evolving in numerous mammals, including captive and companion animals, free-ranging wildlife, and humans. Transmission among non-human species poses a risk for the establishment of SARS-CoV-2 reservoirs, makes eradication difficult, and provides the virus with opportunities for new evolutionary trajectories, including the selection of adaptive mutations and the emergence of new variant lineages. Here, we use publicly available viral genome sequences and phylogenetic analysis to systematically investigate the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 between human and non-human species and to identify mutations associated with each species. We found the highest frequency of animal-to-human transmission from mink, compared with lower transmission from other sampled species (cat, dog, and deer). Although inferred transmission events could be limited by sampling biases, our results provide a useful baseline for further studies. Using genome-wide association studies, no single nucleotide variants (SNVs) were significantly associated with cats and dogs, potentially due to small sample sizes. However, we identified three SNVs statistically associated with mink and 26 with deer. Of these SNVs, ~⅔ were plausibly introduced into these animal species from local human populations, while the remaining ~⅓ were more likely derived in animal populations and are thus top candidates for experimental studies of species-specific adaptation. Together, our results highlight the importance of studying animal-associated SARS-CoV-2 mutations to assess their potential impact on human and animal health.
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Naderi, S., Chen, P. E., Murall, C. L., Poujol, R., Kraemer, S., Pickering, B. S., Sagan, S. M., & Shapiro, B. J. (2023). Zooanthroponotic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and host-specific viral mutations revealed by genome-wide phylogenetic analysis. eLife, 12, Article e83685. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.83685
dc.identifier.doi
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.83685
dc.identifier.issn
2050-084X
dc.identifier.uri
https://open-science.canada.ca/handle/123456789/2831
dc.language.iso
en
dc.publisher
eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
dc.rights - en
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
dc.rights - fr
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
dc.rights.openaccesslevel - en
Gold
dc.rights.openaccesslevel - fr
Or
dc.rights.uri - en
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.rights.uri - fr
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.fr
dc.subject - en
Health and safety
dc.subject - fr
Santé et sécurité
dc.subject.en - en
Health and safety
dc.subject.fr - fr
Santé et sécurité
dc.title - en
Zooanthroponotic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and host-specific viral mutations revealed by genome-wide phylogenetic analysis
dc.type - en
Article
dc.type - fr
Article
local.acceptedmanuscript.articlenum
e83685
local.article.journaltitle
eLife
local.article.journalvolume
12
local.pagination
1-22
local.peerreview - en
Yes
local.peerreview - fr
Oui
local.requestdoi
No
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