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
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Publicado: MDPI 2023
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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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author 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
author_facet 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
author_sort Kuroda, Yudai
collection PubMed
description 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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spelling pubmed-106120502023-10-29 Pet Animals Were Infected with SARS-CoV-2 from Their Owners Who Developed COVID-19: Case Series Study 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 Viruses Communication 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. MDPI 2023-09-29 /pmc/articles/PMC10612050/ /pubmed/37896805 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v15102028 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Communication
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
Pet Animals Were Infected with SARS-CoV-2 from Their Owners Who Developed COVID-19: Case Series Study
title Pet Animals Were Infected with SARS-CoV-2 from Their Owners Who Developed COVID-19: Case Series Study
title_full Pet Animals Were Infected with SARS-CoV-2 from Their Owners Who Developed COVID-19: Case Series Study
title_fullStr Pet Animals Were Infected with SARS-CoV-2 from Their Owners Who Developed COVID-19: Case Series Study
title_full_unstemmed Pet Animals Were Infected with SARS-CoV-2 from Their Owners Who Developed COVID-19: Case Series Study
title_short Pet Animals Were Infected with SARS-CoV-2 from Their Owners Who Developed COVID-19: Case Series Study
title_sort pet animals were infected with sars-cov-2 from their owners who developed covid-19: case series study
topic Communication
url 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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