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04 14, 2021;13 (4):

Household Cases Suggest That Cats Belonging to Owners with COVID-19 Have a Limited Role in Virus Transmission.

Pierre Bessière, Maxime Fusade-Boyer, Mathilda Walch, Laetitia Lèbre, Jessie Brun, Guillaume Croville, Séverine Boullier, Marie-Christine Cadiergues, Jean-Luc Guérin
Author Information
  1. Pierre Bessière: IHAP, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, ENVT, 31300 Toulouse, France. ORCID
  2. Maxime Fusade-Boyer: IHAP, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, ENVT, 31300 Toulouse, France.
  3. Mathilda Walch: IHAP, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, ENVT, 31300 Toulouse, France.
  4. Laetitia Lèbre: IHAP, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, ENVT, 31300 Toulouse, France.
  5. Jessie Brun: Small Animal Clinic, Université de Toulouse, ENVT, 31300 Toulouse, France.
  6. Guillaume Croville: IHAP, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, ENVT, 31300 Toulouse, France. ORCID
  7. Séverine Boullier: InTheRes, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, ENVT, 31300 Toulouse, France.
  8. Marie-Christine Cadiergues: Small Animal Clinic, Université de Toulouse, ENVT, 31300 Toulouse, France. ORCID
  9. Jean-Luc Guérin: IHAP, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, ENVT, 31300 Toulouse, France.
PMID: 33919936 DOI: 10.3390/v13040673

Abstract

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is responsible for COVID-19 and spread rapidly following its emergence in Wuhan in 2019. Although cats are, among other domestic animals, susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection, little is known about their epidemiological role in the dynamics of a household infection. In this study, we monitored five cats for viral shedding daily. Each cat was confined with its COVID-19 positive owners in separate households. Low loads of viral nucleic acid were found in two cats, but only one developed anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, which suggests that cats have a limited role in COVID-19 epidemiology.

Keywords

COVID-19 cats reverse-zoonosis

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MeSH Term

Animals
Animals, Domestic
Antibodies, Neutralizing
COVID-19
Cat Diseases
Cats
Chlorocebus aethiops
Disease Susceptibility
Humans
Male
Phylogeny
SARS-CoV-2
Vero Cells
Viral Zoonoses
Virus Shedding
Whole Genome Sequencing

Chemicals

Antibodies, Neutralizing
Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Article has an altmetric score of 8

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