Category: Spillover
Bird Flu Pandemic: Mammals being infected with H5N1 across the globe
Reports are now coming in from across the globe of mammals being infected with H5N1 bird flu.… ...More...
US: Alpha, Gamma, and Delta variants still circulating in White Tailed Deer
The Alpha, Gamma, and Delta SARS-CoV-2 variants are still circulating in White Tailed Deer well after they caused widespread COVID-19 in people, representing a reservoir for the strains and a potential future risk to humans.… ...More...
Canada: Two lions test positive for SARS-CoV-2 at Calgary Zoo
Two female lions have tested positive for Covid in Calgary Zoo, Canada, with other animals in the zoo also displaying symptoms.… ...More...
Recombinant SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 variant found in Chinese bats
A new preprint out today has been looking at viruses in Chinese bats and has turned up some surprises – it looks like a recombinant variant of SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 has been found!… ...More...
Preprint: Neutralizing antibodies in deer for at least 13 months for 90% of animals
Another preprint out recently outlines the disturbing prospect of a large SARS-CoV-2 viral reservoir developing in white-tailed deer in the US. … ...More...
Canada: First evidence of deer-to-human transmission
A recent report from Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto, Canada, gives details of a highly mutated strain of SARS-CoV-2, and evidence of deer-to-human transmission.… ...More...
Preprint: Widespread wildlife exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in the Eastern United States
Species that tested PCR positive for SARS-CoV-2 included bobcats, opossums, squirrels, foxes, deer and rabbits.… ...More...
Switzerland: Red foxes infected with SARS-CoV-2
A recent communication from a Swiss lab gives details of SARS-CoV-2 infections in at least two foxes in the Zurich area of Switzerland.… ...More...
Preprint: Russian Khosta-2 bat virus resistant to SARS-CoV-2 vaccines
“We found that the spike from virus, Khosta-2, could infect cells similar to human pathogens using the same entry mechanisms, but was resistant to neutralization by serum from individuals who had been vaccinated for SARS-CoV-2.”… ...More...
Uganda: Ebola outbreak confirmed, 8 suspected cases
The World Health Organisation has confirmed an outbreak of Ebola in Uganda, the first time the disease has been recorded in the country for ten years. … ...More...