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March 9 (UPI) —\u00a0A new study released Thursday found that wild rats can contract\u00a0COVID-19\u00a0variants, leading to the possibility of secondary transmission to humans.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The study,\u00a0published in mBio,\u00a0an open-access journal of the American Society of Microbiology, said that 16.5% of wild rats trapped in city parks and near buildings in Brooklyn, N.Y., during the early stages of the pandemic tested positive for the virus.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Biologists collected and processed samples from 79 rats for virological studies and genomic sequencing and found evidence that linked the viruses carried by rats to that found circulating in humans.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The authors said that to investigate the rats’ further susceptibility to COVID-19 variants, researchers conducted a virus challenge study and showed that Alpha, Delta, and Omicron variants also can cause infections in rats.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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“Our findings highlight the need for further monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 in rat populations for potential secondary zoonotic transmission to humans,” said Henry Wan, the principal investigator, said in a statement.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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“Overall, our work in this space shows that animals can play a role in pandemics that impact humans, and it’s important that we continue to increase our understanding so we can protect both human and animal health,” said Wan, a professor and director of the Center for Influenza and Emerging Infectious Diseases at the University of Missouri.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Researchers said the possibility for animal-to-human contact is higher in urban areas. They said in New York City alone has about 8 million wild rats with ample opportunities to interact with humans.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Release of the study after New York City reported last year\u00a0a sharp increase in rat sightings\u00a0despite a more stringent effort to lower the population in the five boroughs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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That study, which compared right sightings from 2021 to 2020, the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, said city staff record nearly 21,600 rodent complaints through the end of September, a 74% increase from the same time in 2020.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A medical professional wearing a protective face and equipment performs a test on a patient who is waiting inline to be tested for COVID-19 at Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens, N.Y., in March 2020. A new study suggests that rats in the city and other urban areas can carry COVID-19 variants. File Photo by John Angelillo\/UPI | License Photo<\/font><\/strong><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pestilences","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4192"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4198,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4192\/revisions\/4198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}