Isolation of a Novel Recombinant Canine Coronavirus From a Visitor to Haiti: Further Evidence of Transmission of Coronaviruses of Zoonotic Origin to Humans

We isolated a novel coronavirus from a medical team member presenting with fever and malaise after travel to Haiti. The virus showed 99.4% similarity with a recombinant canine coronavirus recently identified in a pneumonia patient in Malaysia, suggesting that infection with this virus and/or recombinant variants occurs in multiple locations.

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A novel coronavirus was isolated from a medical team member who had traveled to Haiti and developed fever and malaise. The virus showed a 99.4% similarity with a recombinant canine coronavirus recently found in a pneumonia patient in Malaysia, indicating the occurrence of infection with this virus and/or recombinant variants in multiple locations.