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Volume 29, Number 3—March 2023
Research Letter

SARS-CoV-2 Spillback to Wild Coatis in Sylvatic–Urban Hotspot, Brazil

Ana Gabriella Stoffella-Dutra, Bruna Hermine de Campos, Pedro Henrique Bastos e Silva, Karolina Lopes Dias, Iago José da Silva Domingos, Nadja Simbera Hemetrio, Joilson Xavier, Felipe Iani, Vagner Fonseca, Marta Giovanetti, Leonardo Camilo de Oliveira, Mauro Martins Teixeira, Zelia Ines Portela Lobato, Helena Lage Ferreira, Clarice Weis Arns, Edison Durigon, Betânia Paiva Drumond, Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara, Marcelo Pires Nogueira de Carvalho, and Giliane de Souza TrindadeComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (A.G. Stoffella-Dutra, B.H. de Campos, P.H.B. e Silva, K.L. Dias, I.J.S. Domingos, J. Xavier, L.C. de Oliveira, M.M. Teixeira, Z.I.P. Lobato, B.P. Drumond, M.P.N. de Carvalho, G. de Souza Trindade); Fundação de Parques Municipais e Zoobotânica de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte (N.S. Hemetrio); Fundação Ezequiel Dias, Belo Horizonte (F. Iani); Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde, Brasília, Brazil (V. Fonseca); University of Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy (M. Giovanetti); Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (M. Giovanetti, L.C.J. Alcantara); Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (H.L. Ferreira, E. Durigon); Universidade de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil (C.W. Arns)

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Specimens from 2 SARS-CoV-2 RNA–positive coatis in study of SARS-CoV-2 spillback to wild coatis in sylvatic–urban hotspot, Brazil*

Coati ID Collection date Sex Sample SARS-CoV-2† N1 Count‡ N2 Count‡
C341
 2021 Feb 17
 F
 Oral swab Positive 33 37
Anal swab Negative NA NA
Serum
 Negative
 NA
 NA
C535 2021 Feb 18 F Oral swab Positive 20 24
Anal swab Positive 30 33
Serum Negative NA NA

*Oral and anal swab and serum samples were collected from 40 wild coatis inhabiting Mangabeiras Municipal Park in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. We performed quantitative reverse transcription PCR targeting the nucleocapsid N1 and N2 regions of SARS-CoV-2 RNA for each sample. ID, identification, NA, not applicable. †Specimens positive or negative for SARS-CoV-2 RNA by PCR. ‡PCR cycle threshold count.

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