An Outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in Captive Armadillos Associated with Gamma Variant in Argentina.

IF 2.2 3区环境科学与生态学 Q3 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Ecohealth Pub Date : 2024-06-06 DOI:10.1007/s10393-024-01686-7

Franco Lucero Arteaga, Mercedes Nabaes Jodar, Mariela Mondino, Ana Portu, Mónica Boeris, Ana Jolly, Ana Jar, Silvia Mundo, Eliana Castro, Diego Alvarez, Carolina Torres, Mariana Viegas, Ana Bratanich

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Abstract

The current pandemic produced by SARS-CoV-2 and its variants represent an example of the one health concept in which humans and animals are components of the same epidemiologic chain. Animal reservoirs of these viruses are thus the focus of surveillance programs, to monitor their circulation and evolution in potentially new hosts and reservoirs. In this work, we report the detection of the SARS-CoV-2 Gamma variant infection in four specimens of Chaetophractus villosus (big hairy armadillo/armadillo peludo) in Argentina. In addition to the finding of a new wildlife species susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection, the identification of the Gamma variant three months after its last detection in humans in Argentina is a noteworthy result, which can be due to alternative non-exclusive scenarios, such as unidentified viral reservoirs, unrecognized circulation in humans or species-specific variation in incubation periods.

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阿根廷爆发与伽马变种有关的圈养犰狳 SARS-CoV-2 疫情。

目前由 SARS-CoV-2 及其变种引起的大流行代表了一种健康概念，即人类和动物是同一流行病学链的组成部分。因此，这些病毒的动物贮存库成为监测计划的重点，以监测它们在潜在的新宿主和贮存库中的循环和演变。在这项工作中，我们报告了在阿根廷的四只Chaetophractus villosus（大毛犰狳/犰狳）标本中发现了SARS-CoV-2 Gamma变体感染。除了发现新的易感染 SARS-CoV-2 的野生动物物种外，在阿根廷人类最后一次检测到 Gamma 变种三个月后才发现该变种也是一个值得注意的结果，这可能是由于其他非排他性情况造成的，如未识别的病毒库、未识别的人类循环或潜伏期的物种特异性变化。

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Ecohealth 环境科学-环境科学

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4.50

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4.00%

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>24 weeks

期刊介绍： EcoHealth aims to advance research, practice, and knowledge integration at the interface of ecology and health by publishing high quality research and review articles that address and profile new ideas, developments, and programs. The journal’s scope encompasses research that integrates concepts and theory from many fields of scholarship (including ecological, social and health sciences, and the humanities) and draws upon multiple types of knowledge, including those of relevance to practice and policy. Papers address integrated ecology and health challenges arising in public health, human and veterinary medicine, conservation and ecosystem management, rural and urban development and planning, and other fields that address the social-ecological context of health. The journal is a central platform for fulfilling the mission of the EcoHealth Alliance to strive for sustainable health of people, domestic animals, wildlife, and ecosystems by promoting discovery, understanding, and transdisciplinarity. The journal invites substantial contributions in the following areas: One Health and Conservation Medicine o Integrated research on health of humans, wildlife, livestock and ecosystems o Research and policy in ecology, public health, and agricultural sustainability o Emerging infectious diseases affecting people, wildlife, domestic animals, and plants o Research and practice linking human and animal health and/or social-ecological systems o Anthropogenic environmental change and drivers of disease emergence in humans, wildlife, livestock and ecosystems o Health of humans and animals in relation to terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems Ecosystem Approaches to Health o Systems thinking and social-ecological systems in relation to health o Transdiiplinary approaches to health, ecosystems and society.