Open AccessSARS-CoV-2 wildlife surveillance in Ontario and Québec
Author(s) -
JE Greenhorn,
JD Kotwa,
J Bowman,
L Bruce,
T Buchanan,
PA Buck,
CM Davy,
A Dibernardo,
L Flockhart,
M Gagnier,
A Hou,
CM Jardine,
S Lair,
L. Robbin Lindsay,
A Massé,
PK Muchaal,
LA Nituch,
A Sotto,
B Stevens,
L Yip,
S Mubareka
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
canada communicable disease report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1481-8531
pISSN - 1188-4169
DOI - 10.14745/ccdr.v48i06a02
Subject(s) - wildlife , rabies , mink , biology , covid-19 , coronavirus , disease reservoir , wildlife disease , environmental health , virology , geography , veterinary medicine , zoology , disease , medicine , ecology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus responsible for the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, is capable of infecting a variety of wildlife species. Wildlife living in close contact with humans are at an increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 exposure and, if infected, have the potential to become a reservoir for the pathogen, making control and management more difficult. The objective of this study is to conduct SARS-CoV-2 surveillance in urban wildlife from Ontario and Québec, increasing our knowledge of the epidemiology of the virus and our chances of detecting spillover from humans into wildlife.