{"id":12024,"date":"2023-08-29T13:23:55","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?p=12024"},"modified":"2023-08-29T14:01:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T18:01:33","slug":"animals-catch-transmit-human-viral-infections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/2023\/08\/29\/animals-catch-transmit-human-viral-infections\/","title":{"rendered":"Which animals can catch and transmit human viral infections?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Are you conducting research on animal-mediated transmission of human viral infections, such as COVID-19? The National Institutes of Health (NIH) <\/span>Comparative Genomics Resource (CGR)<\/span><\/a> offers a cutting-edge NCBI toolkit of high-quality genomics data and tools to help with comparative genomics analysis for eukaryotic genes, such as <\/span>Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2)<\/span> which is targeted by SARS-CoV-2.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n NCBI resources have been beneficial in helping the scientific community understand viral infections associated with public health crises, such as COVID-19 and Influenza, and can be used for study of emerging viruses that may represent new threats.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, comparative genomics <\/span>(<\/span>example<\/span><\/a>) <\/span>was used to identify a range of animals potentially infected by SARS-CoV-2 by targeting their ACE2 protein, a cellular receptor for viral entry into host cells. These species represented both potential routes of transmission and new animal models to study SARS-CoV-2 infections in humans.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The following are relevant CGR and other NCBI resources that can help with your research on ACE2 genes with example records and search results.<\/span><\/p>\nHow and why should you use our resources? Consider the example below!<\/h5>\n