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SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant among Asiatic Lions, India

Anamika Mishra, Naveen Kumar, Sandeep Bhatia, Ashutosh Aasdev, Sridhar Kanniappan, Abelraj Thaya Sekhar, Aparna Gopinadhan, Ramu Silambarasan, C. Sreekumar, Chandan Kumar Dubey,

Emerging infectious diseases · 2021 · 82 citations · 6 references

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Veterinary MedicineInfectious DiseasesVeterinary MicrobiologyMolecular VirologyVirologyZoonotic Disease EpidemiologyAnimal VirusesViral InfectionsViral ZoonosesWildlife ZoonosesZoonotic Disease SurveillanceZoonotic VirusesCoronavirus ZoonosesCoronaviruses In WildlifeEmerging Zoonotic VirusesSars-cov-2 InfectionSars-cov-2 Variant SurveillanceSevere Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Abstract

In May 2021, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was detected in Asiatic lions in a zoological park in India. Sequence and phylogenetic analyses showed the SARS-CoV-2 strains were the B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant. To reduce transmission of variants of concern, surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in wild animal populations should be increased.