Low serological rate of SARS-CoV-2 in cats from military bases in Israel

Domestic cats are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection and can transmit the virus to other felines. A high number of COVID-19 human cases within the military personnel and a high density of stray cats living close to soldiers raised the need to perform active animal surveillance. We validated a novel...

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Autores principales: Kleinerman, Gabriela, Gross, Saar, Topol, Shira, Ariel, Ella, Volokh, Gerry, Melloul, Sivan, Mergy, Shani Etty, Malamud, Yaakov, Gilboa, Sagi, Gal, Yoav, Weiss, Libby, Richt, Juergen A., Decaro, Nicola, Eskandar, Shadi, Arieli, Yarden, Gingis, Efrat, Sachter, Yacov, Chaim, Lavie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Ltd. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9632235/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36356507
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cimid.2022.101905
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Sumario:Domestic cats are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection and can transmit the virus to other felines. A high number of COVID-19 human cases within the military personnel and a high density of stray cats living close to soldiers raised the need to perform active animal surveillance. We validated a novel quantitative serological microarray for use in cats, that enables simultaneous detection of IgG and IgM responses; in addition, molecular genetic SARS-CoV-2 detection was performed. Three out of 131 cats analyzed, showed IgG antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 RBD and S2P (2.3 %). None of cats were positive for SARS-CoV-2 RNA by RT-PCR. SARS-CoV-2 infection rate in soldiers ranged from 4.7 % to 16 % (average rate=8.9 %). Further investigations on a larger cohort are necessary, in the light of the emerging new viral variants in other animal species and in humans.

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