Zoonotic origin and transmission of Coronavirus

Abstract

The Coronavirus pandemic has affected and killed thousands of people on all continents. The role of zoonotic transmission of the virus and which animals are associated as hosts of the Coronavirus are still discussed. A scope review was carried out following the methodological framework suggested by Arksey and O'Malley (2005). Search for articles in PUBMED, published from 2019 on, using the keywords “Coronavirus, Animal, Transmission”. 92 articles were retrieved and submitted to the procedures for reading titles, abstracts and selected articles, which were read in full for the preparation of this scope review. 61 were excluded because they did not contain the abstract or because they did not meet the objectives of the study and 31 articles were part of this review or discussion of the results.