Emerging Infectious Diseases (Mar 2023)

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

  • Vuong Nghia Bui,
  • Tung Duy Dao,
  • Long Hoang Tran,
  • Thanh Thi Vu,
  • Trang Huyen Nguyen,
  • Giang Hoang Nguyen,
  • Kien Viet Dung Tran,
  • Huyen Xuan Nguyen,
  • Anh Ngoc Bui,
  • Fred Unger,
  • Hung Nguyen-Viet,
  • Hu Suk Lee

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2903.220915
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 3
pp. 658 – 661

Abstract

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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.

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