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

Autor: Pereira, Asheley Henrique Barbosa1 (AUTHOR), Pereira, Gabriela Oliveira1 (AUTHOR), Borges, Jaqueline Camargo2 (AUTHOR), de Barros Silva, Victoria Luiza3 (AUTHOR), Pereira, Bárbara Hawanna Marques4 (AUTHOR), Morgado, Thays Oliveira4 (AUTHOR), da Silva Cavasani, Joao Paulo5 (AUTHOR), Slhessarenko, Renata Dezengrini6 (AUTHOR), Campos, Richard Pacheco3 (AUTHOR), Biondo, Alexander Welker7 (AUTHOR), de Carvalho Mendes, Renan8 (AUTHOR), Néspoli, Pedro Eduardo Brandini8 (AUTHOR), de Souza, Marcos Almeida5 (AUTHOR), Colodel, Edson Moleta5 (AUTHOR), Ubiali, Daniel Guimarães1 (AUTHOR), Dutra, Valéria2 (AUTHOR), Nakazato, Luciano2 (AUTHOR) lucnaka@gmail.com
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Zdroj: EcoHealth. Dec2022, Vol. 19 Issue 4, p458-462. 5p.
Abstrakt: 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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