No molecular evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in companion animals from Veracruz, Mexico.

Autor: Sánchez-Montes S; Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias región Tuxpan, Universidad Veracruzana, Ciudad de México, México.; Centro de Medicina Tropical, División de Investigación, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Veracruz, México., Ballados-González GG; Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Rancho Torreón del Molino, Universidad Veracruzana, Ciudad de México, México., Gamboa-Prieto J; Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Rancho Torreón del Molino, Universidad Veracruzana, Ciudad de México, México., Cruz-Romero A; Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Rancho Torreón del Molino, Universidad Veracruzana, Ciudad de México, México., Romero-Salas D; Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Rancho Torreón del Molino, Universidad Veracruzana, Ciudad de México, México., Pérez-Brígido CD; Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias región Tuxpan, Universidad Veracruzana, Ciudad de México, México., Austria-Ruíz MJ; Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias región Tuxpan, Universidad Veracruzana, Ciudad de México, México., Guerrero-Reyes A; Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias región Tuxpan, Universidad Veracruzana, Ciudad de México, México., Lammoglia-Villagómez MA; Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias región Tuxpan, Universidad Veracruzana, Ciudad de México, México., Camacho-Peralta IP; Clínica Veterinaria Camacho, Veracruz, México., Morales-Narcia JÁ; Centro de Salud Animal, Veracruz, México., Bravo-Ramos JL; Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Rancho Torreón del Molino, Universidad Veracruzana, Ciudad de México, México., Barrientos-Villeda M; Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Rancho Torreón del Molino, Universidad Veracruzana, Ciudad de México, México., Blanco-Velasco LA; Centro Integral Veterinario, Veracruz, México., Becker I; Centro de Medicina Tropical, División de Investigación, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Veracruz, México.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Transboundary and emerging diseases [Transbound Emerg Dis] 2022 Jul; Vol. 69 (4), pp. 2398-2403. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jun 02.
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.14153
Abstrakt: Active epidemiological surveillance of infectious agents represents a fundamental tool for understanding the transmission dynamics of pathogens and establishing public policies that can reduce or limit their expansion. Epidemiological surveillance of emerging agents, such as the recently recognized severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the cause of COVID-19, is essential to establish the risk of transmission between species. Recent studies reveal that companion animals are organisms susceptible to being infected by this pathogen due to the close contact they have with their owners. For this reason, the aim of the present work was to detect the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in dogs and cats in the state of Veracruz, Mexico, where there is active transmission of this microorganism in human populations. Oral and nasopharyngeal swab samples were collected from dogs and cats with a history of exposure to patients with COVID-19. Total RNA was extracted and detection of viral genes N1 and N2 was performed by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). All 130 samples of companion animals tested by RT-qPCR for SARS-CoV-2 were negative at the time they were collected. This study represents the second active surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in populations of domestic dogs and cats in Latin America and the first approach in Mexico. Given that coronaviruses have shown a high capacity to be transmitted between species, it is imperative to establish measures to prevent this agent from entering and establishing in populations of companion animals.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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