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- Title
No Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Neotropical Primates Sampled During COVID-19 Pandemic in Minas Gerais and Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
- Authors
de Abreu, Filipe Vieira Santos; Macedo, Mariana Viana; da Silva, Alex Junio Jardim; de Oliveira, Cirilo Henrique; de Ottone, Vinícius Oliveira; de Almeida, Marco Antônio Barreto; dos Santos, Edmilson; da Cardoso, Jader Cruz; Campos, Aline Scarpellini; da Silva, Claudia Maria Dornelles; da Silva, Amanda Gonzales; de Andrade, Miguel Souza; Bernis, Valéria Magro Octaviano; Bernis Filho, Walter Octaviano; de Trindade, Giliane Souza; Albuquerque, George Rego; da Sevá, Anaiá Paixão; Ribeiro, Bergmann Morais; Teixeira, Danilo Simonini; Campos, Fabrício Souza
- Abstract
In 2019, a new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was detected in China. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was capable to infect domestic and captive mammals like cats, tigers and minks. Due to genetic similarities, concern about the infection of non-human primates (NHPs) and the establishment of a sylvatic cycle has grown in the Americas. In this study, neotropical primates (NP) were sampled in different areas from Brazil to investigate whether they were infected by SARS-CoV-2. A total of 89 samples from 51 NP of four species were examined. No positive samples were detected via RT-qPCR, regardless of the NHP species, tissue or habitat tested. This work provides the first report on the lack of evidence of the circulation of SARS-CoV-2 in NP. The expansion of wild animals sampling is necessary to understand their role in the epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 and other potentially zoonotic pathogens in natural environments shared by humans.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; RIO Grande do Sul (Brazil : State); MINAS Gerais (Brazil); COVID-19; COVID-19 pandemic; SARS-CoV-2; PRIMATES
- Publication
EcoHealth, 2021, Vol 18, Issue 4, p414
- ISSN
1612-9202
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10393-021-01569-1