SARS-CoV-2 Infection Dynamics in the Pittsburgh Zoo Wild Felids with Two Viral Variants (Delta and Alpha) during the 2021–2022 Pandemic in the United States
Abstract
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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Zoo Animals (Wild Felids)
2.2. Samples
2.3. Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase (RRT)-PCR
2.4. Sequencing and Bioinformatic Analysis
2.5. Serology
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Tewari, D.; Miller, R.; Livengood, J.; Wang, L.; Killian, M.L.; Bustamante, F.; Kessler, C.; Thirumalapura, N.; Terio, K.; Torchetti, M.; et al. SARS-CoV-2 Infection Dynamics in the Pittsburgh Zoo Wild Felids with Two Viral Variants (Delta and Alpha) during the 2021–2022 Pandemic in the United States. Animals 2023, 13, 3094. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13193094
Tewari D, Miller R, Livengood J, Wang L, Killian ML, Bustamante F, Kessler C, Thirumalapura N, Terio K, Torchetti M, et al. SARS-CoV-2 Infection Dynamics in the Pittsburgh Zoo Wild Felids with Two Viral Variants (Delta and Alpha) during the 2021–2022 Pandemic in the United States. Animals. 2023; 13(19):3094. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13193094
Chicago/Turabian StyleTewari, Deepanker, Ryan Miller, Julia Livengood, Leyi Wang, Mary Lea Killian, Felipe Bustamante, Candy Kessler, Nagaraja Thirumalapura, Karen Terio, Mia Torchetti, and et al. 2023. "SARS-CoV-2 Infection Dynamics in the Pittsburgh Zoo Wild Felids with Two Viral Variants (Delta and Alpha) during the 2021–2022 Pandemic in the United States" Animals 13, no. 19: 3094. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13193094
APA StyleTewari, D., Miller, R., Livengood, J., Wang, L., Killian, M. L., Bustamante, F., Kessler, C., Thirumalapura, N., Terio, K., Torchetti, M., Lantz, K., & Rosenberg, J. (2023). SARS-CoV-2 Infection Dynamics in the Pittsburgh Zoo Wild Felids with Two Viral Variants (Delta and Alpha) during the 2021–2022 Pandemic in the United States. Animals, 13(19), 3094. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13193094