Exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus)
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Caballero Gomez, Javier
Cano-Terriza, David
Zorrilla, Irene
del Rey, Teresa
Paniagua, Jorge
Gonzálvez, Moisés
Nájera, Fernando
Montoya-Oliver, Juan I.
Salcedo, Javier
García-Bocanegra, Ignacio
Publication date
2024-01-17ISSN
0378-1135
Abstract
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is an emerging zoonotic virus of public and
animal health concern, of which felids have been suggested as potential reservoirs. Although SARS-CoV-2
exposure has been detected in domestic and wild captive animals belonging to Felidae family, surveillance has
not been carried out in free-ranging wild felids so far. The aim of the present study was to assess SARS-CoV-2
exposure in the Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus), the most endangered felid in the world. Between 2019 and
2022, we conducted a seroepidemiological study of SARS-CoV-2 in 276 free-ranging and captive Iberian lynxes.
Our results evidenced limited (0.4%; 95%CI: 0.0–1.1) but not negligible exposure to this emerging virus in this
endangered felid species, increasing the SARS-CoV-2 host range. The circulation of this virus in wildlife evidences the need of integrated European wildlife monitoring.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Published version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
619 - Veterinary science
Pages
4
Publisher
Elsevier
Is part of
Veterinary Microbiology
Citation
Caballero Gómez, Javier, David Cano‐Terriza, Joaquím Segalés, Júlia Vergara‐Alert, Irene Zorrilla, Teresa Del Rey, Jorge Paniagua Risueño, et al. 2024. “Exposure to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the Endangered Iberian Lynx (Lynx Pardinus).” Veterinary Microbiology 290: 110001. doi:10.1016/j.vetmic.2024.110001.
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MCIN/Programa Estatal para impulsar la investigación científico-técnica y su transferencia/TED2021-132599B-C22/ES/ /
FEDER/ / /EU/ /
EC/LifeWatch ERIC/LIFEWATCH-2019-04-AMA-01/EU/Scientific Infrastructures for Global Change Monitoring and Adaptation in Andalusia/INDALO
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Sanitat Animal
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