Identification of SARS-CoV-2 in urban rodents from Southern Mexico City at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic
Fernando Martínez-Hernández,
Nelly Raquel Gonzalez-Arenas,
José Antonio Ocampo Cervantes
et al.
Abstract:Currently, there are some concerns about the situation and, in particular, about the future of the COVID-19 pandemic and the new emerging variants of SARS-CoV-2. Rodents are an example of synanthropic animals in urban environments that harbor important zoonoses. Although the molecular identification of SARS-CoV-2 in
Rattus norvegicus
from New York City had been reported, in other studies, urban wild rodents infected with this virus have not been found. This study aimed to molecularly ide… Show more
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