July 29, 2024Nature CommunicationsOpen Access

Widespread exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in wildlife communities

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AGAmanda R. GoldbergUnited States Geological Survey KLKate E. LangwigVirginia Tech KBKatherine L. BrownCarilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital

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Wildlife surveillance reveals widespread SARS-CoV-2 exposure across six animal species, suggesting frequent human-to-wildlife cross-species transmission in areas with high human activity.

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SARS-CoV-2 RNA was detected in six wild mammal species, revealing pervasive viral exposure across multiple non-captive animal communities near populated regions.
Three times higher seroprevalence was observed in high human-use areas than in low-use sites, accompanied by genomic detection of the Omicron variant across six wildlife hosts.
Wildlife surveillance across Virginia and Washington, D.C. demonstrates that urban human activity hubs may act as critical contact points for cross-species transmission.

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Goldberg et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e5ea28b6db64358757e68a https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49891-w

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Wildlife surveillance reveals widespread SARS-CoV-2 exposure across six animal species, suggesting frequent human-to-wildlife cross-species transmission in areas with high human activity.

Widespread exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in wildlife communities

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Widespread exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in wildlife communities

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