Serologic Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 Infection among Wild Rodents, 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 (7, 6) , Vincent Sluydts (6) , Peter Stuart (8) , Andrew Mcmanus (8) , Jana A Eccard (9) , Jasmin Firozpoor (9) , Christian Imholt (10) , Joanna Nowicka (4) , Aleksander Goll (4) , Nathan Ranc (2) , Guillaume Castel (5) , Nathalie Charbonnel (5) , 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 CONICET - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas [Buenos Aires]
8 MTU - Munster Technological University
9 University of Potsdam = Universität Potsdam
10 JKI - Julius Kühn-Institut

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.

Keywords: Europe; rodents; SARS-CoV-2; serology

Domains: Veterinary medicine and animal Health; Emerging diseases; Infectious diseases; Santé publique et épidémiologie

Vincent Bourret, Lara Dutra, Hussein Alburkat, Sanna Mäki, Ella Lintunen, et al.. Serologic Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 Infection among Wild Rodents, Europe. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022, 28 (12), pp.2577-2580. ⟨10.3201/eid2812.221235⟩. ⟨anses-03930150⟩