A Novel Host of an Emerging Disease: SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) Kept Under Clinical Care in Brazil

A young male free-ranging giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) was found with paralysis of pelvic limbs on a highway and kept under human care. Radiographs confirmed multiple incomplete fractures in the thoracolumbar vertebrae. Due to the poor prognosis, euthanasia was chosen. The infection was...

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Autores principales: Pereira, Asheley Henrique Barbosa, Pereira, Gabriela Oliveira, Borges, Jaqueline Camargo, de Barros Silva, Victoria Luiza, Pereira, Bárbara Hawanna Marques, Morgado, Thays Oliveira, da Silva Cavasani, Joao Paulo, Slhessarenko, Renata Dezengrini, Campos, Richard Pacheco, Biondo, Alexander Welker, de Carvalho Mendes, Renan, Néspoli, Pedro Eduardo Brandini, de Souza, Marcos Almeida, Colodel, Edson Moleta, Ubiali, Daniel Guimarães, Dutra, Valéria, Nakazato, Luciano
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2023
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9872066/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36692797
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10393-022-01623-6
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Sumario:A young male free-ranging giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) was found with paralysis of pelvic limbs on a highway and kept under human care. Radiographs confirmed multiple incomplete fractures in the thoracolumbar vertebrae. Due to the poor prognosis, euthanasia was chosen. The infection was established by viral SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection in the rectal swab, spleen and kidney samples. Immunohistochemistry detected the viral nucleocapsid protein in sections of the lungs, liver, spleen, lymph nodes, and large intestine sections, and spike protein antigen in the lung tissue. Pilosa order species should be included as potential hosts of natural infection of SARS-CoV-2.

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