Human-to-Cat SARS-CoV-2 Transmission: Case Report and Full-Genome Sequencing from an Infected Pet and Its Owner in Northern Italy

There have been previous reports of the human-to-cat transmission of SARS-CoV-2, but there are only a few molecular studies that have compared the whole genome of the virus in cats and their owners. We here describe a case of domestic SARS-CoV-2 transmission from a healthcare worker to his cat for w...

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Autores principales: Pagani, Gabriele, Lai, Alessia, Bergna, Annalisa, Rizzo, Alberto, Stranieri, Angelica, Giordano, Alessia, Paltrinieri, Saverio, Lelli, Davide, Decaro, Nicola, Rusconi, Stefano, Gismondo, Maria Rita, Antinori, Spinello, Lauzi, Stefania, Galli, Massimo, Zehender, Gianguglielmo
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7926546/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33672421
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10020252
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author Pagani, Gabriele
Lai, Alessia
Bergna, Annalisa
Rizzo, Alberto
Stranieri, Angelica
Giordano, Alessia
Paltrinieri, Saverio
Lelli, Davide
Decaro, Nicola
Rusconi, Stefano
Gismondo, Maria Rita
Antinori, Spinello
Lauzi, Stefania
Galli, Massimo
Zehender, Gianguglielmo
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Lai, Alessia
Bergna, Annalisa
Rizzo, Alberto
Stranieri, Angelica
Giordano, Alessia
Paltrinieri, Saverio
Lelli, Davide
Decaro, Nicola
Rusconi, Stefano
Gismondo, Maria Rita
Antinori, Spinello
Lauzi, Stefania
Galli, Massimo
Zehender, Gianguglielmo
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description There have been previous reports of the human-to-cat transmission of SARS-CoV-2, but there are only a few molecular studies that have compared the whole genome of the virus in cats and their owners. We here describe a case of domestic SARS-CoV-2 transmission from a healthcare worker to his cat for which nasopharyngeal swabs of both the cat and its owner were used for full-genome analysis. The results indicate that quarantine measures should be extended to pets living in SARS-CoV-2-infected households.
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spelling pubmed-79265462021-03-04 Human-to-Cat SARS-CoV-2 Transmission: Case Report and Full-Genome Sequencing from an Infected Pet and Its Owner in Northern Italy Pagani, Gabriele Lai, Alessia Bergna, Annalisa Rizzo, Alberto Stranieri, Angelica Giordano, Alessia Paltrinieri, Saverio Lelli, Davide Decaro, Nicola Rusconi, Stefano Gismondo, Maria Rita Antinori, Spinello Lauzi, Stefania Galli, Massimo Zehender, Gianguglielmo Pathogens Brief Report There have been previous reports of the human-to-cat transmission of SARS-CoV-2, but there are only a few molecular studies that have compared the whole genome of the virus in cats and their owners. We here describe a case of domestic SARS-CoV-2 transmission from a healthcare worker to his cat for which nasopharyngeal swabs of both the cat and its owner were used for full-genome analysis. The results indicate that quarantine measures should be extended to pets living in SARS-CoV-2-infected households. MDPI 2021-02-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7926546/ /pubmed/33672421 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10020252 Text en © 2021 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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Pagani, Gabriele
Lai, Alessia
Bergna, Annalisa
Rizzo, Alberto
Stranieri, Angelica
Giordano, Alessia
Paltrinieri, Saverio
Lelli, Davide
Decaro, Nicola
Rusconi, Stefano
Gismondo, Maria Rita
Antinori, Spinello
Lauzi, Stefania
Galli, Massimo
Zehender, Gianguglielmo
Human-to-Cat SARS-CoV-2 Transmission: Case Report and Full-Genome Sequencing from an Infected Pet and Its Owner in Northern Italy
title Human-to-Cat SARS-CoV-2 Transmission: Case Report and Full-Genome Sequencing from an Infected Pet and Its Owner in Northern Italy
title_full Human-to-Cat SARS-CoV-2 Transmission: Case Report and Full-Genome Sequencing from an Infected Pet and Its Owner in Northern Italy
title_fullStr Human-to-Cat SARS-CoV-2 Transmission: Case Report and Full-Genome Sequencing from an Infected Pet and Its Owner in Northern Italy
title_full_unstemmed Human-to-Cat SARS-CoV-2 Transmission: Case Report and Full-Genome Sequencing from an Infected Pet and Its Owner in Northern Italy
title_short Human-to-Cat SARS-CoV-2 Transmission: Case Report and Full-Genome Sequencing from an Infected Pet and Its Owner in Northern Italy
title_sort human-to-cat sars-cov-2 transmission: case report and full-genome sequencing from an infected pet and its owner in northern italy
topic Brief Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7926546/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33672421
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10020252
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