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    COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Nepal, emerging UK variant and futuristic vaccination strategies to combat the ongoing pandemic
    (Elsevier BV, 2021) Ranjit Sah; Asmita Priyadarshini Khatiwada; Sunil Shrestha; Bhuvan KC; Ruchi Tiwari; Ranjan K. Mohapatra; Kuldeep Dhama; Alfonso J. Rodríguez‐Morales
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    Dexamethasone: A boon for critically ill COVID-19 patients?
    (Elsevier BV, 2020) Shailesh Kumar Patel; G. Saikumar; Jigyasa Rana; Jaideep Dhama; Mohd. Iqbal Yatoo; Ruchi Tiwari; Alfonso J. Rodríguez‐Morales; Kuldeep Dhama
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    SARS-CoV-2 in animals: potential for unknown reservoir hosts and public health implications
    (Taylor & Francis, 2021) Khan Sharun; Kuldeep Dhama; A.M. Pawde; Christian Gortázar; Ruchi Tiwari; D. Katterine Bonilla‐Aldana; Alfonso J. Rodríguez‐Morales; José de la Fuente; Izabela Michalak; Youssef A. Attia
    Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, previously 2019-nCoV) is suspected of having originated in 2019 in China from a coronavirus infected bat of the genus <i>Rhinolophus</i>. Following the initial emergence, possibly facilitated by a mammalian bridge host, SARS-CoV-2 is currently transmitted across the globe via efficient human-to-human transmission. Results obtained from experimental studies indicate that animal species such as cats, ferrets, raccoon dogs, cynomolgus macaques, rhesus macaques, white-tailed deer, rabbits, Egyptian fruit bats, and Syrian hamsters are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection, and that cat-to-cat and ferret-to-ferret transmission can take place via contact and air. However, natural infections of SARS-CoV-2 have been reported only in pet dogs and cats, tigers, lions, snow leopards, pumas, and gorillas at zoos, and farmed mink and ferrets. Even though human-to-animal spillover has been reported at several instances, SARS-CoV-2 transmission from animals-to-humans has only been reported from mink-to-humans in mink farms. Following the rapid transmission of SARS-CoV-2 within the mink population, a new mink-associated SARS-CoV-2 variant emerged that was identified in both humans and mink. The increasing reports of SARS-CoV-2 in carnivores indicate the higher susceptibility of animal species belonging to this order. The sporadic reports of SARS-CoV-2 infection in domestic and wild animal species require further investigation to determine if SARS-CoV-2 or related Betacoronaviruses can get established in kept, feral or wild animal populations, which may eventually act as viral reservoirs. This review analyzes the current evidence of SARS-CoV-2 natural infection in domestic and wild animal species and their possible implications on public health.
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    SARS-CoV-2 jumping the species barrier: Zoonotic lessons from SARS, MERS and recent advances to combat this pandemic virus
    (Elsevier BV, 2020) Kuldeep Dhama; Shailesh Kumar Patel; Khan Sharun; Mamta Pathak; Ruchi Tiwari; Mohd. Iqbal Yatoo; Yashpal Singh Malik; Ranjit Sah; Ali A. Rabaan; Parmod Kumar Panwar