TY - JOUR AU - Mitchell, Patrick AU - Martins, Mathias AU - Reilly, Tara AU - Caserta, Leonardo AU - Anderson, Renee AU - Cronk, Brittany AU - Murphy, Julia AU - Goodrich, Erin AU - Diel, Diego T1 - SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 Variant Infection in Malayan Tigers, Virginia, USA T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2021 VL - 27 IS - 12 SP - 3171 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We report infection of 3 Malayan tigers with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) B.1.1.7 (Alpha) variant at a zoologic park in Virginia, USA. All tigers exhibited respiratory signs consistent with SARS-CoV-2 infection. These findings show that tigers are susceptible to infection with the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 variant. KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - respiratory infections KW - severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 KW - SARS KW - COVID-19 KW - coronavirus disease KW - zoonoses KW - viruses KW - coronavirus KW - tigers KW - One Health KW - Virginia KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid2712.211234 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/12/21-1234_article ER - End of Reference