Exposure to diverse sarbecoviruses indicates frequent zoonotic spillover in human communities interacting with wildlife

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BACKGROUND: Sarbecoviruses are a subgenus of Coronaviridae that mostly infect bats with known potential to infect humans (SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2). Populations in Southeast Asia, where these viruses are most likely to emerge, have been undersurveyed to date.

METHODS: We surveyed communities engaged in extractive industries and bat guano harvesting from rural areas in Myanmar. Participants were screened for exposure to sarbecoviruses, and their interactions with wildlife were evaluated to determine the factors associated with exposure to sarbecoviruses.

RESULTS: Of 693 people screened between July 2017 and February 2020, 12.1% were seropositive for sarbecoviruses. Individuals were significantly more likely to have been exposed to sarbecoviruses if their main livelihood involved working in extractive industries (logging, hunting, or harvesting of forest products; odds ratio [OR] = 2.71, P = 0.019) or had been hunting/slaughtering bats (OR = 6.09, P = 0.020). Exposure to a range of bat and pangolin sarbecoviruses was identified.

CONCLUSION: Exposure to diverse sarbecoviruses among high-risk human communities provides epidemiologic and immunologic evidence that zoonotic spillover is occurring. These findings inform risk mitigation efforts needed to decrease disease transmission at the bat-human interface, as well as future surveillance efforts warranted to monitor isolated populations for viruses with pandemic potential.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:131

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International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 131(2023) vom: 01. Juni, Seite 57-64

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Evans, Tierra Smiley [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Chee Wah [VerfasserIn]
Aung, Ohnmar [VerfasserIn]
Phyu, Sabai [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Htin [VerfasserIn]
Coffey, Lark L [VerfasserIn]
Toe, Aung Than [VerfasserIn]
Aung, Pyaephyo [VerfasserIn]
Aung, Tin Htun [VerfasserIn]
Aung, Nyein Thu [VerfasserIn]
Weiss, Christopher M [VerfasserIn]
Thant, Kyaw Zin [VerfasserIn]
Htun, Zaw Than [VerfasserIn]
Murray, Suzan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Linfa [VerfasserIn]
Johnson, Christine Kreuder [VerfasserIn]
Thu, Hlaing Myat [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bat
Coronavirus
Journal Article
Myanmar
SARS-CoV-2
Sarbecovirus
Zoonotic

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Date Completed 05.05.2023

Date Revised 13.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ijid.2023.02.015

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM353763578