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Natural infection of SARS-CoV-2 delta variant in Asiatic lions (Panthera leo persica) in India
A. Mishra, N. Kumar, S. Bhatia, A. Aasdev, S. Kanniappan, A. Thayasekhar, A. Gopinadhan, R. Silambarasan, C. Sreekumar, C. K. Dubey, M. Tripathi, A. A. Raut, V. P. Singh
Abstract
In May 2021, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was detected in nine Asiatic lions (Panthera leo persica) in Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Sequence and phylogenetic analysis showed that the SARS-CoV-2 viruses belong to a variant of concern (VOC, delta variant, B.1.617.2 lineage) and that these viruses clustered with B.1.617.2 lineage viruses of the same geographical region detected in the same month.
- organism: non-human primate
- assay: metagenomics
- research focus: host-pathogen & immune response
- approach: statistical model
- approach: comparative / phylogenetic analysis
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