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Experimental Infection of Brazilian Free-Tailed Bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) with Two Strains of SARS-CoV-2

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العنوان: Experimental Infection of Brazilian Free-Tailed Bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) with Two Strains of SARS-CoV-2
المؤلفون: Angela M. Bosco-Lauth, Stephanie M. Porter, Karen A. Fox, Mary E. Wood, Daniel Neubaum, Marissa Quilici
المصدر: Viruses, Vol 14, Iss 8, p 1809 (2022)
بيانات النشر: MDPI AG, 2022.
سنة النشر: 2022
المجموعة: LCC:Microbiology
مصطلحات موضوعية: Brazilian free-tailed bat, Tadarida brasiliensis, SARS-CoV-2, infection, Microbiology, QR1-502
الوصف: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is presumed to have originated from wildlife and shares homology with other bat coronaviruses. Determining the susceptibility of North American bat species to SARS-CoV-2 is of utmost importance for making decisions regarding wildlife management, public health, and conservation. In this study, Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) were experimentally infected with two strains of SARS-CoV-2 (parental WA01 and Delta variant), evaluated for clinical disease, sampled for viral shedding and antibody production, and analyzed for pathology. None of the bats (n = 18) developed clinical disease associated with infection, shed infectious virus, or developed histopathological lesions associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection. All bats had low levels of viral RNA in oral swabs, six bats had low levels of viral RNA present in the lungs during acute infection, and one of the four bats that were maintained until 28 days post-infection developed a neutralizing antibody response. These findings suggest that Brazilian free-tailed bats are permissive to infection by SARS-CoV-2, but they are unlikely to contribute to environmental maintenance or transmission.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1999-4915
Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/14/8/1809; https://doaj.org/toc/1999-4915
DOI: 10.3390/v14081809
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/cfed4dfdc25a4655bb4ae8977596ccd3
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.fed4dfdc25a4655bb4ae8977596ccd3
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:19994915
DOI:10.3390/v14081809