New SARS-CoV-2 Infection Detected in an Italian Pet Cat by RT-qPCR from Deep Pharyngeal Swab

The pandemic respiratory disease COVID-19, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), emerged in Wuhan in December 2019 and then spread throughout the world; Italy was the most affected European country. Despite close pet–human contact, little is known about the predispo...

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Autores principales: Musso, Nicolò, Costantino, Angelita, La Spina, Sebastiano, Finocchiaro, Alessandra, Andronico, Francesca, Stracquadanio, Stefano, Liotta, Luigi, Visalli, Rosanna, Emmanuele, Giovanni
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
Materias:
Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7559392/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32932800
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9090746
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Sumario:The pandemic respiratory disease COVID-19, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), emerged in Wuhan in December 2019 and then spread throughout the world; Italy was the most affected European country. Despite close pet–human contact, little is known about the predisposition of pets to SARS-CoV-2. Among these, felines are the most susceptible. In this study, a domestic cat with clear clinical signs of pneumonia, confirmed by Rx imaging, was found to be infected by SARS-CoV-2 using quantitative RT–qPCR from a nasal swab. This is the first Italian study responding to the request of the scientific community to focus attention on the possible role of pets as a viral reservoir. An important question remains unanswered: did the cat actually die due to SARS-CoV-2 infection?

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