Natural infection of SARS-CoV-2 delta variant in Asiatic lions ( Panthera leo persica ) in India

  1. Anamika Mishra
  2. Naveen Kumar
  3. Sandeep Bhatia
  4. Ashutosh Aasdev
  5. Sridhar Kanniappan
  6. A. Thayasekhar
  7. Aparna Gopinadhan
  8. R. Silambarasan
  9. C. Sreekumar
  10. Chandan Kumar Dubey
  11. Meghna Tripathi
  12. Ashwin Ashok Raut
  13. Vijendra Pal Singh

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Abstract

In May 2021, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was detected in nine Asiatic lions ( Panthera leo persica ) in Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Sequence and phylogenetic analysis showed that the SARS-CoV-2 viruses belong to a variant of concern (VOC, delta variant, B.1.617.2 lineage) and that these viruses clustered with B.1.617.2 lineage viruses of the same geographical region detected in the same month.

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