A novel Betacoronavirus characterised in collared peccaries from the Rio de Janeiro Zoo (Brazil) killed by unknown disease
Document title: A novel Betacoronavirus characterised in collared peccaries from the Rio de Janeiro Zoo (Brazil) killed by unknown disease
Journal: Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000437049
ISSN: 0074-0276
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Institutions: 1Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil
2Zoologico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil
3Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropedica, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil
4Instituto Nacional do Cancer, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil
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Volumen: 115
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Nota breve o noticia
Approach: Analítico, descriptivo
English abstract In an enclosure with nine collared peccaries (Pecari tajacu) from the Rio de Janeiro city Zoo, Brazil, one specimen was found dead and two others developed prostration, apathy and dehydration, resulting on its death. Necropsy of two animals pointed to pulmonary and renal damage. Histological examination revealed vasculitis in spleen from both P. tajacu, suggesting a systemic viral infection. Lungs from one specimen showed fibrinoid vasculitis, alveolar damage with hyaline membrane, and interstitial lymphocytes infiltration. Virome analysis in anal wash samples from the latter two animals revealed a new type of Betacoronavirus, lineage A, provisionally named Ptajacu-CoV
Disciplines: Medicina veterinaria y zootecnia
Keyword: Medicina veterinaria,
Mamíferos,
Zoonosis,
Betacoronavirus,
Pecarí de collar,
Pecari tajacu
Keyword: Veterinary medicine,
Mammals,
Zoonoses,
Collared peccary,
Pecari tajacu,
Betacoronavirus
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