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Volume 30, Number 6—June 2024
Dispatch

SARS-CoV-2 in Captive Nonhuman Primates, Spain, 2020–2023

David Cano-TerrizaComments to Author , Adrián Beato-Benítez, Leira Fernández-Bastit, Joaquim Segalés, Júlia Vergara-Alert, Eva Martínez-Nevado, Andrea Carretero, Dietmar Crailsheim, Pilar Soriano, Javier Planas, Mario Torro, and Ignacio García-Bocanegra
Author affiliations: Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain (D. Cano-Terriza, A. Beato-Benítez, I. García-Bocanegra); CIBERINFEC ISCIII, Madrid, Spain (D. Cano-Terriza, I. García-Bocanegra); Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (L. Fernández-Bastit, J. Segalés, J. Vergara-Alert); Zoo Aquarium de Madrid, Madrid (E. Martínez-Nevado); Centro de Rescate de Primates RAINFER/Fundación Chimpatía, Madrid (A. Carretero); Fundació Mona, Girona, Spain (D. Crailsheim); Río Safari Elche, Alicante, Spain (P. Soriano); Oasis Wildlife Fuerteventura, La Lajita, Canary Islands, Spain (J. Planas); Terra Natura Benidorm, Benidorm, Spain (M. Torro)

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Table

Distribution of serum samples in study of SARS-CoV-2 in captive nonhuman primates in Spain, 2020–2023*

NHP family and species No. positive/total† Zoos and rescue centers‡
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q
Callitrichidae
Callithrix geoffroyi 0/1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Callithrix jacchus 0/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Leonthopithecus rosalia 0/1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mico argentatus 0/2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Saguinus oedipus 0/2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Subtotal
 0/9
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 7
Cebidae
Sapajus apella 0/1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Subtotal
 0/1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
Cercopithecidae
Cercocebus atys lunulatus 0/6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0
Cercopithecus mitis 0/1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cercopithecus neglectus 0/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
Colobus guereza 0/1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Lophocebus aterrimus 0/1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Macaca sylvanus 0/11 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 0
Macaca tonkeana 0/1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandrillus leucophaeus 0/1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandrillus sphinx 0/1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Miopithecus ogouensis 0/2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Papio cynocephalus 0/1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Subtotal
 0/29
 0
 0
 0
 2
 5
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 1
 2
 2
 6
 8
 2
 0
Hominidae
Gorilla gorilla gorilla 2/3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pan troglodytes 0/4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pan troglodytes ellioti 0/1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pan troglodytes troglodytes 0/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pan troglodytes verus 0/1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pan troglodytes verus/troglodytes 0/4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pongo pygmaeus 0/6 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
Subtotal
 2/22
 0
 0
 1
 4
 1
 0
 8
 0
 0
 0
 6
 0
 2
 0
 0
 0
 0
Hylobatidae
Hylobates lar 0/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Hylobates syndactylus 0/1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Subtotal
 0/4
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 2
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
Lemuridae
Eulemur macaco 0/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
Lemur catta 0/38 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 0 17 0 4 0 5 0 0 4 0
Varecia rubra 0/1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Varecia variegata 0/20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
Subtotal
 0/62
 0
 0
 0
 0
 6
 2
 0
 0
 34
 0
 4
 0
 11
 0
 0
 4
 1
Grand total 2/127 0 0 1 7 13 2 8 1 34 4 11 2 15 7 8 6 8

*Sampling was conducted during January 2020–March 2023. Numbers indicate the number of NHP species tested for SARS-Co-V-2 at each zoo or rescue center. Bold number indicates the 2 SARS-CoV-2–seropositive gorillas identified at zoo D. NHP, nonhuman primate. †Number of SARS-CoV-2–seropositive animals per the total number of animals tested at each zoo or rescue center. ‡Serum samples were obtained from zoos or rescue centers represented by letters A–Q. Locations of the zoos and rescue centers are shown in Figure 1.

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