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
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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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author Musso, Nicolò
Costantino, Angelita
La Spina, Sebastiano
Finocchiaro, Alessandra
Andronico, Francesca
Stracquadanio, Stefano
Liotta, Luigi
Visalli, Rosanna
Emmanuele, Giovanni
author_facet Musso, Nicolò
Costantino, Angelita
La Spina, Sebastiano
Finocchiaro, Alessandra
Andronico, Francesca
Stracquadanio, Stefano
Liotta, Luigi
Visalli, Rosanna
Emmanuele, Giovanni
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description 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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spelling pubmed-75593922020-10-26 New SARS-CoV-2 Infection Detected in an Italian Pet Cat by RT-qPCR from Deep Pharyngeal Swab Musso, Nicolò Costantino, Angelita La Spina, Sebastiano Finocchiaro, Alessandra Andronico, Francesca Stracquadanio, Stefano Liotta, Luigi Visalli, Rosanna Emmanuele, Giovanni Pathogens Communication 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? MDPI 2020-09-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7559392/ /pubmed/32932800 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9090746 Text en © 2020 by the authors. 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 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Musso, Nicolò
Costantino, Angelita
La Spina, Sebastiano
Finocchiaro, Alessandra
Andronico, Francesca
Stracquadanio, Stefano
Liotta, Luigi
Visalli, Rosanna
Emmanuele, Giovanni
New SARS-CoV-2 Infection Detected in an Italian Pet Cat by RT-qPCR from Deep Pharyngeal Swab
title New SARS-CoV-2 Infection Detected in an Italian Pet Cat by RT-qPCR from Deep Pharyngeal Swab
title_full New SARS-CoV-2 Infection Detected in an Italian Pet Cat by RT-qPCR from Deep Pharyngeal Swab
title_fullStr New SARS-CoV-2 Infection Detected in an Italian Pet Cat by RT-qPCR from Deep Pharyngeal Swab
title_full_unstemmed New SARS-CoV-2 Infection Detected in an Italian Pet Cat by RT-qPCR from Deep Pharyngeal Swab
title_short New SARS-CoV-2 Infection Detected in an Italian Pet Cat by RT-qPCR from Deep Pharyngeal Swab
title_sort new sars-cov-2 infection detected in an italian pet cat by rt-qpcr from deep pharyngeal swab
topic Communication
url 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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