Carmona Castresana, GuillermoBurgos, TamaraBarrientos Yuste, RafaelMartin Garcia, SaraMuñoz, ClaraSánchez Sánchez, MartaHernández-Hernández, JavierPalacín, CarlosQuiles Tundidor, PabloMoraga Fernández, AlbertoBandeira, VictorVirgós, EmilioGortázar, ChristianFernandez de Mera, Isabel G.2025-08-042025-08-042023-03-11Carmona, G., Burgos, T., Barrientos, R., Martin-Garcia, S., Muñoz, C., Sánchez-Sánchez, M., Hernández-Hernández, J., Palacín, C., Quiles, P., Moraga-Fernández, A., Bandeira, V., Virgós, E., Gortázar, C., & Fernandez de Mera, I. G. (2023). Lack of SARS-CoV-2 RNA evidence in the lungs from wild European polecats (Mustela putorius) from Spain. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 69(2). https://doi.org/10.1007/S10344-023-01662-61612-464210.1007/s10344-023-01662-6https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/123012Data on SARS-CoV-2 infection in wildlife species is limited. The high prevalences found in mustelid species such as free-ranging American minks (Neovison vison) and domestic ferrets (Mustela putorius furo) justify the study of this virus in the closely related autochthonous free-ranging European polecat (Mustela putorius). We analysed lung samples from 48 roadkilled polecats collected when the human infection reached its highest levels in Spain (2020–2021). We did not detect infections by SARS-CoV-2; however, surveillance in wild carnivores and particularly in mustelids is still warranted, due to their susceptibility to this virus.engjournal article1439-0574https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-023-01662-6https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10344-023-01662-6restricted access616.98578.834599.742.4 (4)SARS-CoV-2European polecatCoronavirus diseaseEnfermedades infecciosasMamíferos2420 Virología3205.05 Enfermedades Infecciosas2401.18 Mamíferos