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Absence of Coronavirus in terns in the Western Indian Ocean?


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CAMILLE LEBARBENCHON1*, CHRIS FEARE2, CHRISTINE LAROSE2, MARIE-ALICE SIMBI1, SOLENN BOUCHER1,3, AUDREY JAEGER3, & MATTHIEU LE CORRE3

1Université de La Réunion, Unité Mixte de Recherche, Processus infectieux en milieu insulaire tropical, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, 2 rue Maxime Rivière, Sainte-Clotilde, La Réunion, France *(camille.lebarbenchon@univ-reunion.fr)
2WildWings Bird Management, Haslemere, Surrey, United Kingdom
3Université de la Réunion, Unité Mixte de Recherche, Ecologie marine tropicale des océans Pacifique et Indien, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer , Université de Nouvelle-Calédonie, 15 avenue René Cassin, Saint-Denis, La Réunion, France

Citation

Lebarbenchon, C., Feare, C., Larose, C., Simbi, M.-A., Boucher, S., Jaeger A., & Le Corre, M. 2025. Absence of Coronavirus in terns in the Western Indian Ocean?. Marine Ornithology 53: 41 - 43
http://doi.org/10.5038/2074-1235.53.1.1614

Received 10 April 2024, accepted 17 August 2024

Date Published: 2025/04/15
Date Online: 2025/01/12
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Key words: Anous stolidus, Anous tenuirostris, Onychoprion fuscatus, Seychelles, Reunion Island, Eparses Islands

Abstract

We investigated coronavirus circulation in three tern species on four islands of the Western Indian Ocean (Bird, Reunion, Europa, Juan de Nova). None of the 2019 samples tested positive by reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction. We discuss the implications of these findings in terms of host-species range, ecological drivers of virus transmission, and diagnostic tools.

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