Coronavirus genotype diversity and prevalence of infection in wild carnivores in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Knowledge of coronaviruses in wild carnivores is limited. This report describes coronavirus genetic diversity, species specificity and infection prevalence in three wild African carnivores. Coronavirus RNA was recovered from fresh feces from spotted hyena and silver-backed jackal, but not bat-eared...

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Autores principales: Goller, Katja V., Fickel, Jörns, Hofer, Heribert, Beier, Sandra, East, Marion L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Vienna 2012
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Brief Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7086904/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23212740
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00705-012-1562-x
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author Goller, Katja V.
Fickel, Jörns
Hofer, Heribert
Beier, Sandra
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description Knowledge of coronaviruses in wild carnivores is limited. This report describes coronavirus genetic diversity, species specificity and infection prevalence in three wild African carnivores. Coronavirus RNA was recovered from fresh feces from spotted hyena and silver-backed jackal, but not bat-eared fox. Analysis of sequences of membrane (M) and spike (S) gene fragments revealed strains in the genus Alphacoronavirus, including three distinct strains in hyenas and one distinct strain in a jackal. Coronavirus RNA prevalence was higher in feces from younger (17 %) than older (3 %) hyenas, highlighting the importance of young animals for coronavirus transmission in wild carnivores.
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spelling pubmed-70869042020-03-23 Coronavirus genotype diversity and prevalence of infection in wild carnivores in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania Goller, Katja V. Fickel, Jörns Hofer, Heribert Beier, Sandra East, Marion L. Arch Virol Brief Review Knowledge of coronaviruses in wild carnivores is limited. This report describes coronavirus genetic diversity, species specificity and infection prevalence in three wild African carnivores. Coronavirus RNA was recovered from fresh feces from spotted hyena and silver-backed jackal, but not bat-eared fox. Analysis of sequences of membrane (M) and spike (S) gene fragments revealed strains in the genus Alphacoronavirus, including three distinct strains in hyenas and one distinct strain in a jackal. Coronavirus RNA prevalence was higher in feces from younger (17 %) than older (3 %) hyenas, highlighting the importance of young animals for coronavirus transmission in wild carnivores. Springer Vienna 2012-12-05 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC7086904/ /pubmed/23212740 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00705-012-1562-x Text en © Springer-Verlag Wien 2012 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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Beier, Sandra
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Coronavirus genotype diversity and prevalence of infection in wild carnivores in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
title Coronavirus genotype diversity and prevalence of infection in wild carnivores in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
title_full Coronavirus genotype diversity and prevalence of infection in wild carnivores in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
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title_short Coronavirus genotype diversity and prevalence of infection in wild carnivores in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
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