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Volume 29, Number 3—March 2023
Research Letter

SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Hippopotamus, Hanoi, Vietnam

Vuong Nghia Bui1, Tung Duy Dao1, Long Hoang Tran, Thanh Thi Vu, Trang Huyen Nguyen, Giang Hoang Nguyen, Kien Viet Dung Tran, Huyen Xuan Nguyen, Anh Ngoc Bui, Fred Unger, Hung Nguyen-Viet, and Hu Suk LeeComments to Author 
Author affiliations: National Institute of Veterinary Research, Hanoi, Vietnam (V.N. Bui, T.D. Dao, L.H. Tran, T.T. Vu, T.H. Nguyen, G.H. Nguyen, K.V.D. Tran, A.N. Bui); International Livestock Research Institute, Hanoi (F. Unger, H.S. Lee); International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya (H. Nguyen-Viet); Chungnam National University College of Veterinary Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea (H.S. Lee)

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Table

Identification and isolation of SARS-CoV-2 from tisue samples of a hippopotamus, Vietnam

Tissue Real-time RT-PCR result
 Virus isolation
All betacoronaviruses SARS-CoV-2 Vero cells Real-time RT-PCR result
Lung 27.09 26.67 Positive 26.30
Spleen 33.96 33.53 Positive 33.91
Liver 32.29 31.8 Positive 38.34
Intestine 37.84 36.96 Negative NA
Blood Negative Negative NA NA

*NA, not applicable; RT-PCR, reverse transcription PCR.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

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