SARS-COV-2: SUA RELAÇÃO COM OS ANIMAIS E POTENCIAL DOENÇA ZOONÓTICA

Coronavirus (CoVs) are constantly evolving and represents a threat to the world’s public health since they cause outbreaks that can be fatal. As an example, the viruses that cause SARS and MERS respiratory syndromes can be mentioned. The new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that appeared in 2019 in Wuhan, China, is the third CoV outbreak in humans with negative health conditions such as respiratory, digestive and systematic manifestations. In view of the need for further studies on this disease, this review aimed to gather data on SARS-CoV-2 in animals, given the high probability of jumping species associated with bats, and also studies that demonstrate that SARS-CoV-2 may have originated in an animal reservoir, more likely on bats and pangolins. The surveillance of this microorganism should be directed to identify the reservoirs of SARS-CoV-2 for a better understanding of the pathogenesis and its hosts in order to increase knowledge about this pandemic virus.