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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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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
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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.
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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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