KUALA LUMPUR, iNews.id – a new kind of corona virus which is believed to have come from dog was found among patients hospitalized for pneumonia in 2017–2018. According to research results, this variant may be the eighth foreign coronavirus known to cause disease in humans if confirmed as a pathogen.
The scientists involved in research published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases on Thursday (20/5/2021) revealed that their findings also underline the threat to public health from the corona virus in animals.
According to the study, researchers have tested nasal test samples taken from 301 pneumonia patients at a hospital in Sarawak, East Malaysia. Eight of the sample, mostly children under 5 years of age, came back positive for the canine coronavirus.
The genome sequencing further found that a new strain, named CCoV-HuPn-2018, had similar characteristics to other coronaviruses known to infect cats and pigs. However, most of these are similar to those known to have infected dogs.
It also has a gene deletion, or mutation, not found in any known canine coronavirus but is present in human strains such as SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2, virus on balancing pages Covid-19. The source of the SARS-CoV-2 corona virus itself, whether animal or other, is still unclear.
The journal authors said the findings indicate that the virus may have recently passed from animals to humans. However, they emphasized that more research is needed to determine whether viruses from animals can be transmitted between people.
Editor: Ahmad Islamy Jamil
