SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant among Asiatic Lions, India
Anamika Mishra, Naveen Kumar, Sandeep Bhatia, Ashutosh Aasdev, Sridhar Kanniappan, Abelraj Thaya Sekhar, Aparna Gopinadhan, Ramu Silambarasan, C. Sreekumar, Chandan Kumar Dubey, Meghna Tripathi, Ashwin Ashok Raut, Vijendra Pal Singh
Abstract
In May 2021, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was detected in Asiatic lions in a zoological park in India. Sequence and phylogenetic analyses showed the SARS-CoV-2 strains were the B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant. To reduce transmission of variants of concern, surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in wild animal populations should be increased.
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Phylogenetic tree2019-20 coronavirus outbreakVirologyCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)BetacoronavirusBiologyTransmission (telecommunications)CoronavirusPhylogeneticsDeltaCoronavirus InfectionsVeterinary medicineMedicineGeneticsOutbreakPathologyGeneDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)Aerospace engineeringEngineeringElectrical engineeringAnimal Virus Infections StudiesSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchVirus-based gene therapy research