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Volume 27, Number 7—July 2021
Research Letter

Natural SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Kept Ferrets, Spain

Christian GortázarComments to Author , Sandra Barroso-Arévalo, Elisa Ferreras-Colino, Julio Isla, Gabriela de la Fuente, Belén Rivera, Lucas Domínguez, José de la Fuente, and José M. Sánchez-Vizcaíno
Author affiliations: Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad de Castilla–La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain (C. Gortázar, E. Ferreras-Colino, J. de la Fuente); Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain (S. Barroso-Arévalo, B. Rivera, L. Domínguez, J.M. Sánchez-Vizcaíno); Sabiotec, Ciudad Real (J. Isla, G. de la Fuente); Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA (J. de la Fuente)

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Phylogenetic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 indicating that spike sequences from kept ferrets were similar and clustered with a SARS-CoV-2 genome from Spain that was included in the alignment. Black triangle indicates ferret, open triangle indicates mink; open square indicates cat; open circle indicates human (B1.1.7). Scale bar indicates number of substitutions per site. BRA, Brazil; CHL, Chile; CHN, China; DK, Denmark; EGY, Egypt; ESP, Spain; GHA, Ghana; IND, India; ITA, Italy; MEX, Mexico; NED, Netherlands; PHL, Philippines; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2;TKY, Turkey; UK, United Kingdom; USA, United States; ZAF, South Africa.

Figure. Phylogenetic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 indicating that spike sequences from kept ferrets were similar and clustered with a SARS-CoV-2 genome from Spain that was included in the alignment. Black triangle indicates ferret, open triangle indicates mink; open square indicates cat; open circle indicates human (B1.1.7). Scale bar indicates number of substitutions per site. BRA, Brazil; CHL, Chile; CHN, China; DK, Denmark; EGY, Egypt; ESP, Spain; GHA, Ghana; IND, India; ITA, Italy; MEX, Mexico; NED, Netherlands; PHL, Philippines; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2;TKY, Turkey; UK, United Kingdom; USA, United States; ZAF, South Africa.

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