Pet Animals Were Infected with SARS-CoV-2 from Their Owners Who Developed COVID-19: Case Series Study

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection among pets owned by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients has been reported around the world. However, how often the animals are exposed to SARS-CoV-2 by their owners is still unclear. We have collected swab samples from C...

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Autores principales: Kuroda, Yudai, Watanabe, Kei, Yamamoto, Tsukasa, Suzuki, Hiroki, Park, Eun-sil, Ishijima, Keita, Tatemoto, Kango, Virhuez-Mendoza, Milagros, Inoue, Yusuke, Harada, Michiko, Nishino, Ayano, Sekizuka, Tsuyoshi, Kuroda, Makoto, Fujimoto, Tsuguto, Ishihara, Genki, Horie, Ryo, Kawamoto, Kosuke, Maeda, Ken
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
Materias:
Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10612050/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37896805
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v15102028
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Sumario:Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection among pets owned by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients has been reported around the world. However, how often the animals are exposed to SARS-CoV-2 by their owners is still unclear. We have collected swab samples from COVID-19 patients’ pets and performed real-time RT-PCR to detect the viral genome. In total, 8 of 53 dogs (15.1%) and 5 of 34 cats (14.7%) tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 N gene. The result of a virus neutralization (VN) test also showed VN antibodies in four cats and six dogs. Our results indicate that the virus often passed from infected owners to their pets, which then excreted the virus despite having no or mild clinical signs.

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