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cord-299432-lbv69du4	Franklin, Alan B.	Spillover of SARS-CoV-2 into novel wild hosts in North America: A conceptual model for perpetuation of the pathogen	2020-05-12		.txt	text/plain	2104	126	56	Here, we propose a hypothesized conceptual model that illustrates the mechanism whereby the SARS-CoV-2 could spillover from infected humans to naive wildlife hosts in North America. This proposed model is premised on transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from human feces through municipal waste water treatment plants into the natural aquatic environment where potential wildlife hosts become infected. Here, we propose a plausible mechanism where SARS-CoV-2, the pathogen causing the disease COVID-19, could spillover from infected humans into novel wildlife hosts in North America. While the primary risk associated with the current COVID-19 outbreak appears to be humanto-human transmission of SARS-CoV-2, we believe the existing evidence also supports the plausibility of novel coronaviruses, such as SARS-CoV-2, spilling over to new wildlife hosts through fecal shedding by infected humans and introduction to the natural aquatic environment via the waste water treatment system.	./cache/cord-299432-lbv69du4.txt	./txt/cord-299432-lbv69du4.txt