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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2022 Feb;28(2):467-470.
doi: 10.3202/eid2802.211586.
Surveillance of Rodent Pests for SARS-CoV-2 and Other Coronaviruses, Hong Kong
Elliott F Miot, Brian M Worthington, Kar Hon Ng, Lucy de Guilhem de Lataillade, Mac P Pierce, Yunshi Liao, Ronald Ko, Marcus H Shum, William Y Cheung, Edward C Holmes, Kathy S Leung, Huachen Zhu, Leo L Poon, Malik J Peiris, Yi Guan, Gabriel M Leung, Joseph T Wu, Tommy T Lam
Abstract
We report surveillance conducted in 217 pestiferous rodents in Hong Kong for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We did not detect SARS-CoV-2 RNA but identified 1 seropositive rodent, suggesting exposure to a virus antigenically similar to SARS-CoV-2. Potential exposure of urban rodents to SARS-CoV-2 cannot be ruled out.
Keywords: COVID-19; China; Hong Kong; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease; respiratory infections; rodents; serosurveillance; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; urban public health; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2022 Feb;28(2):467-470.
doi: 10.3202/eid2802.211586.
Surveillance of Rodent Pests for SARS-CoV-2 and Other Coronaviruses, Hong Kong
Elliott F Miot, Brian M Worthington, Kar Hon Ng, Lucy de Guilhem de Lataillade, Mac P Pierce, Yunshi Liao, Ronald Ko, Marcus H Shum, William Y Cheung, Edward C Holmes, Kathy S Leung, Huachen Zhu, Leo L Poon, Malik J Peiris, Yi Guan, Gabriel M Leung, Joseph T Wu, Tommy T Lam
- PMID: 35076003
- DOI: 10.3202/eid2802.211586
Abstract
We report surveillance conducted in 217 pestiferous rodents in Hong Kong for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We did not detect SARS-CoV-2 RNA but identified 1 seropositive rodent, suggesting exposure to a virus antigenically similar to SARS-CoV-2. Potential exposure of urban rodents to SARS-CoV-2 cannot be ruled out.
Keywords: COVID-19; China; Hong Kong; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease; respiratory infections; rodents; serosurveillance; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; urban public health; viruses; zoonoses.