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Highlights Role of domestic animals in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2. High genetic recombination events in pet cats and dogs. Spill over of VOC to household pets from their infected owners. Human – household pet association might be the cause of another outbreak Abstract Background Severe...

I have only quickly glanced at these papers. Only sharing because at least some of these look to be in peer-reviewed journals and related to ME/CFS. All written by the same author. "There has been a growing suspicion, by pet owners and some vets, that chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) or a...

https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/8/1673 The Post-Acute Phase of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Two Macaque Species Is Associated with Signs of Ongoing Virus Replication and Pathology in Pulmonary and Extrapulmonary Tissues Primarily a Dutch study Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC), Department...

Trends in Ecology & Evolution Infectious disease and cognition in wild populations Highlights As infectious diseases emerge and spread in wildlife populations, it is becoming increasingly urgent to understand the implications of infection-linked cognitive impairment for the fitness and...

A discussion has arisen on the use of animals in biological research into ME. I suspect there is insufficient data to create animal models of ME at the moment, but that may change in the future, for example using mice to test hypotheseis on potential causes of ME. Medical research into...

Abstract Objectives Dogs can be trained to identify several substances not detected by humans, corresponding to specific volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The presence of VOCs, triggered by SARS-CoV-2 infection, was tested in sweat from Long COVID patients. Patients and methods An axillary...

I wanted to donate to research which does not use non-human animals, so emailed ME Research UK to ask whether they did. They replied with a link to this page (indirectly) https://www.meresearch.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Standard-Grant-Conditions-2021.pdf which says "ME Research UK will...