Lack of SARS‑CoV‑2 RNA evidence in the lungs from wild European polecats (Mustela putorius) from Spain

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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10498/38544

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-023-01662-6

ISSN: 1439-0574

ISSN: 1612-4642

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Carmona, Guillermo; Burgos Díaz-Guerra, TamaraAuthority UCA; Barrientos, Rafael; Martín-García, Sara; Muñoz, Clara; Sánchez Sánchez, MartaAuthority UCA; Hernández-Hernández, Javier; Palacín, Carlos; Quiles, Pablo; Moraga-Fernández, Alberto; Bandeira, Victor J.; Virgós, Emilio; Gortazar, Christian; Fernandez de Mera, Isabel G.
Date
2023-03-11
Department
Biología
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European Journal of Wildlife Research - 2023, Vol. 69 n.2 art. number 33
Abstract
Data on SARS-CoV-2 infection in wildlife species is limited. The high prevalences found in mustelid species such as free-ranging American minks (Neovison vison) and domestic ferrets (Mustela putorius furo) justify the study of this virus in the closely related autochthonous free-ranging European polecat (Mustela putorius). We analysed lung samples from 48 roadkilled polecats collected when the human infection reached its highest levels in Spain (2020–2021). We did not detect infections by SARS-CoV-2; however, surveillance in wild carnivores and particularly in mustelids is still warranted, due to their susceptibility to this virus.
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European polecat; Coronavirus disease
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