| Title: |
Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in a Zoo-Kept Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) |
| Authors: |
Chan, Tatjana; Ginders, Julia; Kuhlmeier, Evelyn; Meli, Marina L; Bönzli, Eva; Meili, Theres; Hüttl, Julia; Hatt, Jean-Michel; Hindenlang Clerc, Karin; Kipar, Anja; Wyss, Fabia; Wenker, Christian; Ryser-Degiorgis, Marie-Pierre; Valenzuela Agüí, Cecilia; Urban, Christian; Beisel, Christian; Stadler, Tanja; Hofmann-Lehmann, Regina |
| Source: |
Chan, Tatjana; Ginders, Julia; Kuhlmeier, Evelyn; Meli, Marina L; Bönzli, Eva; Meili, Theres; Hüttl, Julia; Hatt, Jean-Michel; Hindenlang Clerc, Karin; Kipar, Anja; Wyss, Fabia; Wenker, Christian; Ryser-Degiorgis, Marie-Pierre; Valenzuela Agüí, Cecilia; Urban, Christian; Beisel, Christian; Stadler, Tanja; Hofmann-Lehmann, Regina (2024). Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in a Zoo-Kept Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes). Viruses, 16(4):521. |
| Publisher Information: |
MDPI Publishing |
| Publication Year: |
2024 |
| Collection: |
University of Zurich (UZH): ZORA (Zurich Open Repository and Archive |
| Subject Terms: |
Institute of Veterinary Pathology; Department of Small Animals; Department of Clinical Diagnostics and Services; Center for Clinical Studies; 610 Medicine & health |
| Description: |
Many different animal species are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2, including a few Canidae (domestic dog and raccoon dog). So far, only experimental evidence is available concerning SARS-CoV-2 infections in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes). This is the first report of SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection in a sample from a red fox. The RT-qPCR-positive fox was zoo-kept together with another fox and two bears in the Swiss Canton of Zurich. Combined material from a conjunctival and nasal swab collected for canine distemper virus diagnostics tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 RNA with Ct values of 36.9 (E gene assay) and 35.7 (RdRp gene assay). The sample was analysed for SARS-CoV-2 within a research project testing residual routine diagnostic samples from different animal species submitted between spring 2020 and December 2022 to improve knowledge on SARS-CoV-2 infections within different animal species and investigate their potential role in a One Health context. Within this project, 246 samples from 153 different animals from Swiss zoos and other wild animal species all tested SARS-CoV-2 RT-qPCR and/or serologically negative so far, except for the reported fox. The source of SARS-CoV-2 in the fox is unknown. The fox disappeared within the naturally structured enclosure, and the cadaver was not found. No further control measures were undertaken. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1999-4915 |
| Relation: |
https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/259515/1/ZORA_pdf_version_1711633283.pdf; info:pmid/38675864; urn:issn:1999-4915 |
| DOI: |
10.3390/v16040521 |
| Availability: |
https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/259515/; https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/259515/1/ZORA_pdf_version_1711633283.pdf; https://doi.org/10.3390/v16040521 |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ; Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) ; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.A61F0165 |
| Database: |
BASE |