Serological surveillance for wild rodent infection with SARS-CoV-2 in Europe

Vincent Bourret (1, 2) , Lara Dutra (1) , Hussein Alburkat (1) , Sanna Mäki (1) , Ella Lintunen (1) , Marine Wasniewski (3) , Ravi Kant (1) , Maciej Grzybek (4) , Vinaya Venkat (1) , Hayder Asad (1) , Julien Pradel (5) , Marie Bouilloud (5) , Herwig Leirs (6) , Valeria Carolina Colombo (6) , Vincent Sluydts (6) , Peter Stuart (7) , Andrew Mcmanus (7) , Jana A Eccard (8) , Jasmin Firozpoor (8) , Christian Imholt (9) , Joanna Nowicka (4) , Aleksander Goll (4) , Nathan Ranc (2) , Guillaume Castel (5) , Nathalie Charbonnel (10) , Tarja Sironen (1)

1 Helsingin yliopisto = Helsingfors universitet = University of Helsinki
2 CEFS - Unité de recherche Comportement et Ecologie de la Faune Sauvage
3 LRFSN - Laboratoire de la rage et de la faune sauvage de Nancy
4 Medical University of Gdańsk
5 UMR CBGP - Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations
6 UA - University of Antwerp
7 MTU - Munster Technological University
8 University of Potsdam = Universität Potsdam
9 Julius Kühn-Institute
10 CB - CB - Centre Borelli - UMR 9010

We report serological surveillance for exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in 1,237 wild rodents and other small mammals across Europe. All samples were negative with the possible exception of one. Given the ongoing circulation of this virus in humans and potential host jumps, we suggest such surveillance be continued.

Mots clés: Europe; rodents; SARS-CoV-2; serology

Domaines: Médecine vétérinaire et santé animale; Santé publique et épidémiologie; Maladies infectieuses; Maladies émergentes

Vincent Bourret, Lara Dutra, Hussein Alburkat, Sanna Mäki, Ella Lintunen, et al.. Serological surveillance for wild rodent infection with SARS-CoV-2 in Europe. 2022. ⟨anses-03790237⟩