Surveillance of Rodent Pests for SARS-CoV-2 and Other Coronaviruses, Hong Kong
Elliott F. Miot
1, Brian M. Worthington
1, Kar Hon Ng
1, Lucy de Guilhem de Lataillade
1, Mac P. Pierce, Yunshi Liao, Ronald Ko, Marcus H. Shum, William Y. Cheung, Edward C. Holmes, Kathy S. Leung, Huachen Zhu, Leo L. Poon, Malik J. Peiris, Yi Guan, Gabriel M. Leung, Joseph T. Wu
, and Tommy T. Lam
Author affiliations: University of Hong Kong State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Hong Kong, China (E.F. Miot, B.M. Worthington, K.H. Ng, L. de Guilhem de Lataillade, M.P. Pierce, Y. Liao, M.H. Shum, W.Y. Cheung, H. Zhu, Y. Guan, T.T. Lam); University of Hong Kong School of Public Health, Hong Kong (E.F. Miot, B.M. Worthington, K.H. Ng, L. de Guilhem de Lataillade, M.P. Pierce, Y. Liao, R. Ko, M.H. Shum, W.Y. Cheung, H. Zhu, L.L. Poon, M.J. Peiris, Y. Guan, G.M. Leung, J.T. Wu, T.T. Lam); University of Hong Kong HKU-Pasteur Research Pole, Hong Kong (E.F. Miot, L. de Guilhem de Lataillade, L.L. Poon, M.J. Peiris); Centre for Immunology & Infection Limited, Hong Kong (E.F. Miot, L. de Guilhem de Lataillade, L.L. Poon, M.J. Peiris, T.T. Lam); Shantou University/University of Hong Kong Guangdong-Hongkong Joint Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Shantou, Guangdong, China. (B.M. Worthington, W.Y. Cheung, H. Zhu, Y. Guan, T.T. Lam); EKIH (Gewuzhikang) Pathogen Research Institute, Shenzhen City, Guangdong, China. (B.M. Worthington, W.Y. Cheung, H. Zhu, Y. Guan, T.T. Lam); Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health Limited, Hong Kong, China (W.Y. Cheung, E.C. Holmes, K.S. Leung, H. Zhu, Y. Guan, G.M. Leung, J.T. Wu, T.T. Lam); Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, University of Sydney School of Biological Sciences, and Sydney Medical School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (E.C. Holmes)
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Figure. Surveillance of rodents for SARS-COV-2 conducted February–May 2021 in Hong Kong. A) Sampling sites, with number of rodents sampled and sewage testing positive for SARS-COV-2. Each circle represents a sampling location, color-coded by district and sized proportional to the number of captured rodents. Blue crosses represent locations where sewage was reported positive for SARS-COV-2during January 19–March 30, 2021. B) Number of sampled rodents, by collection dates and district. SARS-COV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
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