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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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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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