Argentina - SARS-CoV-2 in animals (Inf. with) - Follow up report 1

GENERAL INFORMATION
COUNTRY/TERRITORY OR ZONE
COUNTRY/TERRITORY

ANIMAL TYPE
TERRESTRIAL

DISEASE CATEGORY
Emerging

EVENT ID
4199

DISEASE
SARS-CoV-2 in animals (Inf. with)

CAUSAL AGENT
SARS-CoV-2

GENOTYPE / SEROTYPE / SUBTYPE
-

START DATE
2020/12/07

REASON FOR NOTIFICATION
Emerging disease

DATE OF LAST OCCURRENCE
-

CONFIRMATION DATE
2021/02/25

EVENT STATUS
On-going

END DATE
-

SELF-DECLARATION
NO

REPORT INFORMATION
REPORT NUMBER
Follow-up report 1

REPORT ID
FUR_157519

REPORT REFERENCE
-

REPORT DATE
2023/05/04

REPORT STATUS
Validated

NO EVOLUTION REPORT
-

EPIDEMIOLOGY
SOURCE OF EVENT OR ORIGIN OF INFECTION
Unknown or inconclusive
Contact with a person confirmed positive for COVID-19

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL COMMENTS
Analysis is being carried out within the framework of research developed by projects financed by the national agency for the promotion of research, technological development and innovation carried out under the aegis of the coronavirus unit of the MINCyT-AGENCIA-CONICET. This project performs diagnosis of companion animals living with people affected by COVID-19.

DISEASE IMPACT
ZOONOTIC POTENTIAL
NO

-

QUANTITATIVE DATA SUMMARY
MEASURING UNIT
Animal

SpeciesSusceptibleCasesDeathsKilled and Disposed ofSlaughtered/ Killed for commercial useVaccinated
Cats (DOMESTIC)
NEW------
TOTAL 5 2 0000
Dogs (DOMESTIC)
NEW------
TOTAL 22 11 0000
Tiger (WILD)
NEW------
TOTAL1 1 0000
Big hairy armadillo (WILD)
NEW 4 3 0000
TOTAL 4 3 0000
All species
NEW 4 3 0000
TOTAL 32 17 0000
...

NEW OUTBREAKS

OB_107894 - SARS-COV2 LA PAMPA ARMADILLOS - FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS UNIVERSIDAD DE LA PAMPA
OUTBREAK REFERENCE
SARS-CoV2 La Pampa Armadillos

START DATE
2022/03/14

END DATE
2023/05/04

DETAILED CHARACTERISATION
-

FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
La Pampa

SECOND ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Maracó

THIRD ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
-

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL UNIT
Other

LOCATION
Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias Universidad de La Pampa

Latitude, Longitude
-35.669985 , -63.777205

OUTBREAKS IN CLUSTER
-

MEASURING UNIT
Animal

AFFECTED POPULATION DESCRIPTION
These are four six (6) month old animals that were in the animal facility of the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences of the University of La Pampa since April 2021, to be studied for a brain neurochemistry project. Three (3) of them had been donated by rural workers in the area, and the fourth one was born in the animal facility. Upon arrival, oropharyngeal, nasal and rectal swabs and fecal samples were taken and tested as part of a surveillance project for new coronaviruses in wild animals, with negative results. During the second week of March 2022, three (3) of the four (4) animals started with respiratory signs (rhinitis, nasal discharge and sneezing), of which one (1) also showed diarrhea. At the onset of signs, none of the animal caretakers were tested for COVID-19 or had respiratory signs. All the people had been vaccinated with 2 doses of COVID vaccine, so the source of infection of the armadillos is unknown. Two (2) of the animals died of unrelated causes (one positive and one negative for SARS-CoV-2).

SpeciesSusceptibleCasesDeathsKilled and Disposed ofSlaughtered/ Killed for commercial useVaccinated

Big hairy armadillo (WILD)
Captive
NEW 4 3 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 4 3 0 0 0 0
...

WAHIS
https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/4199​