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Lack of Evidence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Spillover in Free-Living Neotropical Non-Human Primates, Brazil

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is responsible for the worst pandemic of the 21st century. Like all human coronaviruses, SARS-CoV-2 originated in a wildlife reservoir, most likely from bats. As SARS-CoV-2 has spread acro...

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Autores principales: Sacchetto, Lívia, Chaves, Bárbara Aparecida, Costa, Edson Rodrigues, de Menezes Medeiros, Aline Souza, Gordo, Marcelo, Araújo, Danielle Bastos, Oliveira, Danielle Bruna Leal, da Silva, Ana Paula Betaressi, Negri, Andréia Francesli, Durigon, Edison Luiz, Hanley, Kathryn A., Vasilakis, Nikos, de Lacerda, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães, Nogueira, Maurício Lacerda
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8540180/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34696363
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v13101933
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author Sacchetto, Lívia
Chaves, Bárbara Aparecida
Costa, Edson Rodrigues
de Menezes Medeiros, Aline Souza
Gordo, Marcelo
Araújo, Danielle Bastos
Oliveira, Danielle Bruna Leal
da Silva, Ana Paula Betaressi
Negri, Andréia Francesli
Durigon, Edison Luiz
Hanley, Kathryn A.
Vasilakis, Nikos
de Lacerda, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães
Nogueira, Maurício Lacerda
author_facet Sacchetto, Lívia
Chaves, Bárbara Aparecida
Costa, Edson Rodrigues
de Menezes Medeiros, Aline Souza
Gordo, Marcelo
Araújo, Danielle Bastos
Oliveira, Danielle Bruna Leal
da Silva, Ana Paula Betaressi
Negri, Andréia Francesli
Durigon, Edison Luiz
Hanley, Kathryn A.
Vasilakis, Nikos
de Lacerda, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães
Nogueira, Maurício Lacerda
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description Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is responsible for the worst pandemic of the 21st century. Like all human coronaviruses, SARS-CoV-2 originated in a wildlife reservoir, most likely from bats. As SARS-CoV-2 has spread across the globe in humans, it has spilled over to infect a variety of non-human animal species in domestic, farm, and zoo settings. Additionally, a broad range of species, including one neotropical monkey, have proven to be susceptible to experimental infection with SARS-CoV-2. Together, these findings raise the specter of establishment of novel enzootic cycles of SARS-CoV-2. To assess the potential exposure of free-living non-human primates to SARS-CoV-2, we sampled 60 neotropical monkeys living in proximity to Manaus and São José do Rio Preto, two hotspots for COVID-19 in Brazil. Our molecular and serological tests detected no evidence of SAR-CoV-2 infection among these populations. While this result is reassuring, sustained surveillance efforts of wildlife living in close association with human populations is warranted, given the stochastic nature of spillover events and the enormous implications of SARS-CoV-2 spillover for human health.
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spelling pubmed-85401802021-10-24 Lack of Evidence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Spillover in Free-Living Neotropical Non-Human Primates, Brazil Sacchetto, Lívia Chaves, Bárbara Aparecida Costa, Edson Rodrigues de Menezes Medeiros, Aline Souza Gordo, Marcelo Araújo, Danielle Bastos Oliveira, Danielle Bruna Leal da Silva, Ana Paula Betaressi Negri, Andréia Francesli Durigon, Edison Luiz Hanley, Kathryn A. Vasilakis, Nikos de Lacerda, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães Nogueira, Maurício Lacerda Viruses Communication Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is responsible for the worst pandemic of the 21st century. Like all human coronaviruses, SARS-CoV-2 originated in a wildlife reservoir, most likely from bats. As SARS-CoV-2 has spread across the globe in humans, it has spilled over to infect a variety of non-human animal species in domestic, farm, and zoo settings. Additionally, a broad range of species, including one neotropical monkey, have proven to be susceptible to experimental infection with SARS-CoV-2. Together, these findings raise the specter of establishment of novel enzootic cycles of SARS-CoV-2. To assess the potential exposure of free-living non-human primates to SARS-CoV-2, we sampled 60 neotropical monkeys living in proximity to Manaus and São José do Rio Preto, two hotspots for COVID-19 in Brazil. Our molecular and serological tests detected no evidence of SAR-CoV-2 infection among these populations. While this result is reassuring, sustained surveillance efforts of wildlife living in close association with human populations is warranted, given the stochastic nature of spillover events and the enormous implications of SARS-CoV-2 spillover for human health. MDPI 2021-09-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8540180/ /pubmed/34696363 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v13101933 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Communication
Sacchetto, Lívia
Chaves, Bárbara Aparecida
Costa, Edson Rodrigues
de Menezes Medeiros, Aline Souza
Gordo, Marcelo
Araújo, Danielle Bastos
Oliveira, Danielle Bruna Leal
da Silva, Ana Paula Betaressi
Negri, Andréia Francesli
Durigon, Edison Luiz
Hanley, Kathryn A.
Vasilakis, Nikos
de Lacerda, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães
Nogueira, Maurício Lacerda
Lack of Evidence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Spillover in Free-Living Neotropical Non-Human Primates, Brazil
title Lack of Evidence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Spillover in Free-Living Neotropical Non-Human Primates, Brazil
title_full Lack of Evidence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Spillover in Free-Living Neotropical Non-Human Primates, Brazil
title_fullStr Lack of Evidence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Spillover in Free-Living Neotropical Non-Human Primates, Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Lack of Evidence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Spillover in Free-Living Neotropical Non-Human Primates, Brazil
title_short Lack of Evidence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Spillover in Free-Living Neotropical Non-Human Primates, Brazil
title_sort lack of evidence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) spillover in free-living neotropical non-human primates, brazil
topic Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8540180/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34696363
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v13101933
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