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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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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2020
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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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author | 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. |
author_facet | 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. |
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description | 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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spelling | pubmed-77069512020-12-08 SARS-CoV-2 in Quarantined Domestic Cats from COVID-19 Households or Close Contacts, Hong Kong, China 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. Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7706951/ /pubmed/32938527 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2612.202786 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Letter 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. SARS-CoV-2 in Quarantined Domestic Cats from COVID-19 Households or Close Contacts, Hong Kong, China |
title | SARS-CoV-2 in Quarantined Domestic Cats from COVID-19 Households or Close Contacts, Hong Kong, China |
title_full | SARS-CoV-2 in Quarantined Domestic Cats from COVID-19 Households or Close Contacts, Hong Kong, China |
title_fullStr | SARS-CoV-2 in Quarantined Domestic Cats from COVID-19 Households or Close Contacts, Hong Kong, China |
title_full_unstemmed | SARS-CoV-2 in Quarantined Domestic Cats from COVID-19 Households or Close Contacts, Hong Kong, China |
title_short | SARS-CoV-2 in Quarantined Domestic Cats from COVID-19 Households or Close Contacts, Hong Kong, China |
title_sort | sars-cov-2 in quarantined domestic cats from covid-19 households or close contacts, hong kong, china |
topic | Research Letter |
url | 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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