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

ABSTRACT: While investigating the death of a hippopotamus at a zoo in Hanoi, Vietnam, we isolated SARS-CoV-2 and sequenced the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase gene from different organs. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the SARS-CoV-2 strain was closely related to 3 human SARS-CoV-2 strains in Vietnam.

SUBMITTER: Bui VN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9973694 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature