SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Captive Hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius), Belgium

SIMPLE SUMMARY: We report the first world case of SARS-CoV-2 in captive hippos. Two adult animals were naturally infected in November 2021. Both had snot for a few days but did not need treatment. The virus was found in their noses, faeces and pool water. Antibodies were also found in the bloodstrea...

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Autores principales: Vercammen, Francis, Cay, Brigitte, Gryseels, Sophie, Balmelle, Nadège, Joffrin, Léa, Van Hoorde, Koenraad, Verhaegen, Bavo, Mathijs, Elisabeth, Van Vredendaal, Rianne, Dharmadhikari, Tanmay, Chiers, Koen, Van Olmen, Tim J. S., Agliani, Gianfilippo, Van den Brand, Judith M. A., Leirs, Herwig
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9855072/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36670856
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani13020316
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author Vercammen, Francis
Cay, Brigitte
Gryseels, Sophie
Balmelle, Nadège
Joffrin, Léa
Van Hoorde, Koenraad
Verhaegen, Bavo
Mathijs, Elisabeth
Van Vredendaal, Rianne
Dharmadhikari, Tanmay
Chiers, Koen
Van Olmen, Tim J. S.
Agliani, Gianfilippo
Van den Brand, Judith M. A.
Leirs, Herwig
author_facet Vercammen, Francis
Cay, Brigitte
Gryseels, Sophie
Balmelle, Nadège
Joffrin, Léa
Van Hoorde, Koenraad
Verhaegen, Bavo
Mathijs, Elisabeth
Van Vredendaal, Rianne
Dharmadhikari, Tanmay
Chiers, Koen
Van Olmen, Tim J. S.
Agliani, Gianfilippo
Van den Brand, Judith M. A.
Leirs, Herwig
author_sort Vercammen, Francis
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description SIMPLE SUMMARY: We report the first world case of SARS-CoV-2 in captive hippos. Two adult animals were naturally infected in November 2021. Both had snot for a few days but did not need treatment. The virus was found in their noses, faeces and pool water. Antibodies were also found in the bloodstream. ABSTRACT: Two adult female hippos in Zoo Antwerp who were naturally infected with SARS-CoV-2 showed nasal discharge for a few days. Virus was detected by immunocytochemistry and PCR in nasal swab samples and by PCR in faeces and pool water. Serology was also positive. No treatment was necessary.
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spelling pubmed-98550722023-01-21 SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Captive Hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius), Belgium Vercammen, Francis Cay, Brigitte Gryseels, Sophie Balmelle, Nadège Joffrin, Léa Van Hoorde, Koenraad Verhaegen, Bavo Mathijs, Elisabeth Van Vredendaal, Rianne Dharmadhikari, Tanmay Chiers, Koen Van Olmen, Tim J. S. Agliani, Gianfilippo Van den Brand, Judith M. A. Leirs, Herwig Animals (Basel) Case Report SIMPLE SUMMARY: We report the first world case of SARS-CoV-2 in captive hippos. Two adult animals were naturally infected in November 2021. Both had snot for a few days but did not need treatment. The virus was found in their noses, faeces and pool water. Antibodies were also found in the bloodstream. ABSTRACT: Two adult female hippos in Zoo Antwerp who were naturally infected with SARS-CoV-2 showed nasal discharge for a few days. Virus was detected by immunocytochemistry and PCR in nasal swab samples and by PCR in faeces and pool water. Serology was also positive. No treatment was necessary. MDPI 2023-01-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9855072/ /pubmed/36670856 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani13020316 Text en © 2023 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 Case Report
Vercammen, Francis
Cay, Brigitte
Gryseels, Sophie
Balmelle, Nadège
Joffrin, Léa
Van Hoorde, Koenraad
Verhaegen, Bavo
Mathijs, Elisabeth
Van Vredendaal, Rianne
Dharmadhikari, Tanmay
Chiers, Koen
Van Olmen, Tim J. S.
Agliani, Gianfilippo
Van den Brand, Judith M. A.
Leirs, Herwig
SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Captive Hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius), Belgium
title SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Captive Hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius), Belgium
title_full SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Captive Hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius), Belgium
title_fullStr SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Captive Hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius), Belgium
title_full_unstemmed SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Captive Hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius), Belgium
title_short SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Captive Hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius), Belgium
title_sort sars-cov-2 infection in captive hippos (hippopotamus amphibius), belgium
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9855072/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36670856
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani13020316
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