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SARS-CoV-2 transmission via aquatic food animal species or their products: A review.
Godoy, Marcos G; Kibenge, Molly J T; Kibenge, Frederick S B.
  • Godoy MG; Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Aplicadas (CIBA), Lago Panguipulli 1390, Puerto Montt, Chile.
  • Kibenge MJT; Laboratorio de Biotecnología Aplicada, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, Sede De La Patagonia, Lago Panguipulli 1390, Puerto Montt, 5480000, Chile.
  • Kibenge FSB; Doctorado en Acuicultura. Programa Cooperativo Universidad de Chile, Universidad Católica del Norte, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile.
Aquaculture ; 536: 736460, 2021 Apr 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1062228
ABSTRACT
Outbreaks of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) have been reported in workers in fish farms and fish processing plants arising from person-to-person transmission, raising concerns about aquatic animal food products' safety. A better understanding of such incidents is important for the aquaculture industry's sustainability, particularly with the global trade in fresh and frozen aquatic animal food products where contaminating virus could survive for some time. Despite a plethora of COVID-19-related scientific publications, there is a lack of reports on the risk of contact with aquatic food animal species or their products. This review aimed to examine the potential for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) contamination and the potential transmission via aquatic food animals or their products and wastewater effluents. The extracellular viability of SARS-CoV-2 and how the virus is spread are reviewed, supporting the understanding that contaminated cold-chain food sources may introduce SAR-CoV-2 via food imports although the virus is unlikely to infect humans through consumption of aquatic food animals or their products or drinking water; i.e., SARS-CoV-2 is not a foodborne virus and should not be managed as such but instead through strong, multifaceted public health interventions including physical distancing, rapid contact tracing, and testing, enhanced hand and respiratory hygiene, frequent disinfection of high-touch surfaces, isolation of infected workers and their contacts, as well as enhanced screening protocols for international seafood trade.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Prognostic study Language: English Journal: Aquaculture Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: J.aquaculture.2021.736460

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Prognostic study Language: English Journal: Aquaculture Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: J.aquaculture.2021.736460