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.
Keywords: COVID-19; Dao TD; Hanoi; Nguyen GH; Nguyen TH; SARS-CoV-2; Suggested citation for this article: Bui VN; Tran LH; Vietnam; Vietnam. Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Mar [date cited]. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2903.220915; Vu TT; et al. SARS-CoV-2 infection in a hippopotamus; hippopotamus; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.