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An outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in big hairy armadillos (Chaetophractus villosus) associated with Gamma variant in Argentina three months after being undetectable in humans

Lucero Arteaga, F. E.; Nabaes Jodar, M.; Mondino, M.; Portu, A.; Boeris, M.; Jolly, A.; Jar, A. M.; Mundo, S. L.; Castro, E.; Alvarez, D.; Torres, C.; Viegas, M.; Bratanich, A.

2022-08-23 microbiology
10.1101/2022.08.23.503528 bioRxiv
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The present pandemic produced by SARS-CoV-2 and its variants represents 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 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 is a noteworthy result, raising the question of potential unidentified viral reservoirs.

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