SARS-CoV-2 infections among animals in US zoological institutions resulted primarily from human-to-animal transmission without evidence of sustained evolution in animals (2020–2023)

Dominic J. Cristiano, Kate E. Varela, Chelsea E. Anderson, Lara Croft, Erika Crook, Chris Hanley, Randall Junge, Domini Montgomery, Kristi Newland, Sam Rivera, Justin F. Rosenberg, Diana Worden, Jill Yoshicedo, Sam Young, Molly Baker, Monica Beddo, Michelle Carruthers, Amanda Feldpausch, Heather Oltjen, Deepanker Tewari, Steven I. Rekant, Seana Cleary, Chaney C. Kalinich, Amanda Liew, Casey Barton Behravesh, Ria R. Ghai, _ _

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DOI: 10.2460/javma.25.11.0738
Published: 2026-08-01
Container: Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
Publisher: American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)
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@article{allodium:10.2460/javma.25.11.0738,
  title = {SARS-CoV-2 infections among animals in US zoological institutions resulted primarily from human-to-animal transmission without evidence of sustained evolution in animals (2020–2023)},
  author = {Dominic J. Cristiano and Kate E. Varela and Chelsea E. Anderson and Lara Croft and Erika Crook and Chris Hanley and Randall Junge and Domini Montgomery and Kristi Newland and Sam Rivera and Justin F. Rosenberg and Diana Worden and Jill Yoshicedo and Sam Young and Molly Baker and Monica Beddo and Michelle Carruthers and Amanda Feldpausch and Heather Oltjen and Deepanker Tewari and Steven I. Rekant and Seana Cleary and Chaney C. Kalinich and Amanda Liew and Casey Barton Behravesh and Ria R. Ghai and \_ \_},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association},
  doi = {10.2460/javma.25.11.0738},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.25.11.0738}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - SARS-CoV-2 infections among animals in US zoological institutions resulted primarily from human-to-animal transmission without evidence of sustained evolution in animals (2020–2023)
AU  - Dominic J. Cristiano
AU  - Kate E. Varela
AU  - Chelsea E. Anderson
AU  - Lara Croft
AU  - Erika Crook
AU  - Chris Hanley
AU  - Randall Junge
AU  - Domini Montgomery
AU  - Kristi Newland
AU  - Sam Rivera
AU  - Justin F. Rosenberg
AU  - Diana Worden
AU  - Jill Yoshicedo
AU  - Sam Young
AU  - Molly Baker
AU  - Monica Beddo
AU  - Michelle Carruthers
AU  - Amanda Feldpausch
AU  - Heather Oltjen
AU  - Deepanker Tewari
AU  - Steven I. Rekant
AU  - Seana Cleary
AU  - Chaney C. Kalinich
AU  - Amanda Liew
AU  - Casey Barton Behravesh
AU  - Ria R. Ghai
AU  - _ _
PY  - 2026
JO  - Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
DO  - 10.2460/javma.25.11.0738
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Cristiano, D. J., Varela, K. E., Anderson, C. E., Croft, L., Crook, E., Hanley, C., Junge, R., Montgomery, D., Newland, K., Rivera, S., Rosenberg, J. F., Worden, D., Yoshicedo, J., Young, S., Baker, M., Beddo, M., Carruthers, M., Feldpausch, A., Oltjen, H., Tewari, D., Rekant, S. I., Cleary, S., Kalinich, C. C., Liew, A., Behravesh, C. B., Ghai, R. R., & _, _. (2026). SARS-CoV-2 infections among animals in US zoological institutions resulted primarily from human-to-animal transmission without evidence of sustained evolution in animals (2020–2023). Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.25.11.0738

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