SARS-CoV-2 in Quarantined Domestic Cats from COVID-19 Households or Close Contacts, Hong Kong, China

We tested 50 cats from coronavirus disease households or close contacts in Hong Kong, China, for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 RNA in respiratory and fecal samples. We found 6 cases of apparent human-to-feline transmission involving healthy cats. Virus genomes sequenced from 1 cat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Barrs, Vanessa R., Peiris, Malik, Tam, Karina W.S., Law, Pierra Y.T., Brackman, Christopher J., To, Esther M.W., Yu, Veronica Y.T., Chu, Daniel K.W., Perera, Ranawaka A.P.M., Sit, Thomas H.C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7706951/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32938527
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2612.202786
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Sumario:We tested 50 cats from coronavirus disease households or close contacts in Hong Kong, China, for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 RNA in respiratory and fecal samples. We found 6 cases of apparent human-to-feline transmission involving healthy cats. Virus genomes sequenced from 1 cat and its owner were identical.

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