Category: Zoonosis
Ireland: fur-farming including mink to be banned in 2022 to prevent coronavirus zoonosis
The Irish Cabinet is set to agree to ban fur-farming from next year, with a compensation package for farmers also expected. More...
Sri Lanka: Lion at Dehiwala Zoo, Colombo confirmed positive for SARS-CoV-2
A lion in the Dehiwala Zoo in Colombo, Sri Lanka, has displayed symptoms of COVID-19. More...
India: four lions at Vandalur zoo infected with Delta variant of coronavirus
The Genome sequencing analysis of four samples taken from lions at the Arignar Anna Zoological Park in Vandalur revealed that they were all affected by the Delta (B.1.617.2) variant of Covid. More...
India: second lion dies of coronavirus at Vandalur Zoo near Chennai
A 12-year-old Asiatic lion, Pathmanathan, has died from Covid-19 in Arignar Anna Zoological Park, popularly known as Vandalur Zoo, outside Chennai on Wednesday morning, a statement from the zoo authority said. More...
Sweden: Farmed mink outbreaks saw mink infecting humans with coronavirus
A majority of genome sequences from human cases had clear phylogenetic relationships to sequences recovered from mink samples. More...
Spain: Coronavirus outbreak at Galicia mink farm
In Galicia this week another mink farm has been temporarily closed down by the authorities following an outbreak of Covid-19 at the establishment. More...
China: Zhengli/Daszak/Ecohealth – “Serological Evidence of Bat SARS-Related Coronavirus Infection in Humans, China” 2018
Peter Daszak/Zheng-Li Shi/Ecohealth: “In this study, we performed serological surveillance on people who live in close proximity to caves where bats that carry diverse SARSr-CoVs roost. More...
China: Zhengli & Daszak – Human-animal interactions and bat coronavirus spillover potential among rural residents in Southern China
Zhengli & Daszak study, September 2019 – “We conducted a cross-sectional study in the districts of Yunnan, Guangxi, and Guangdong, China… Serological testing of serum samples from 1,497 local residents revealed that 9 individuals (0.6%) in four study sites were positive for bat coronaviruses, indicating exposure at some point in their life to bat-borne SARSr-CoVs (n=7, Yunnan), HKU10-CoV (n=2, Guangxi), or other coronaviruses that are phylogenetically closely related to these. More...
India: Shi Zhengli, October 2019 – Filovirus antibodies in humans and bats imply zoonotic spillover
India, October 2019, Zhengli Shi et al: “We present evidence for prior exposure of bat harvesters and two resident fruit bat species to filovirus surface glycoproteins… Our results indicate circulation of several filoviruses in bats and the possibility for filovirus transmission from bats to humans. More...
USA: Two lionesses test positive for coronavirus in Pittsburgh Zoo, Pennsylvania
Two female lions at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 in people.