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No Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Neotropical Primates Sampled During COVID-19 Pandemic in Minas Gerais and Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

2021; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 18; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/s10393-021-01569-1

1612-9210

Filipe Vieira Santos de Abreu, Mariana Viana Macedo, Alex Junio Jardim da Silva, Cirilo Henrique de Oliveira, Vinícius O. Ottone, Marco Antônio Barreto de Almeida, Edmilson dos Santos, Jader Cruz da Cardoso, Aline Alves Scarpellini Campos, Cláudia Maria Dornelles da Silva, Amanda Gonzales da Silva, Miguel Souza de Andrade, Valéria Magro Octaviano Bernis, Walter Octaviano Bernis Filho, Giliane S. Trindade, George Rêgo Albuquerque, Anaiá Paixão da Sevá, Bergmann Morais Ribeiro, Danilo Simonini Teixeira, Fabrício Souza Campos, Ana Cláudia Franco, Paulo Michel Roehe, Danilo Bretas de Oliveira,

SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing

In 2019, a new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was detected in China. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was capable to infect domestic and captive mammals like cats, tigers and minks. Due to genetic similarities, concern about the infection of non-human primates (NHPs) and the establishment of a sylvatic cycle has grown in the Americas. In this study, neotropical primates (NP) were sampled in different areas from Brazil to investigate whether they were infected by SARS-CoV-2. A total of 89 samples from 51 NP of four species were examined. No positive samples were detected via RT-qPCR, regardless of the NHP species, tissue or habitat tested. This work provides the first report on the lack of evidence of the circulation of SARS-CoV-2 in NP. The expansion of wild animals sampling is necessary to understand their role in the epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 and other potentially zoonotic pathogens in natural environments shared by humans.