SARS-CoV-2 Natural Transmission from Human to Cat, Belgium, March 2020

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Garigliany, Mutien ; Van Laere, Anne-Sophie ; Clercx, Cécile ; Giet, Didier ; Escriou, Nicolas ; Huon, Christèle ; van der Werf, Sylvie ; Eloit, Marc ; Desmecht, Daniel
• Description:
  In March 2020, a severe respiratory syndrome developed in a cat, 1 week after its owner received positive test results for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Viral RNA was detected in the cat's nasopharyngeal swab samples and vomitus or feces; immunoglobulin against the virus was found in convalescent-phase serum. Human-to-cat transmission is suspected.
• Subjects:
  Animals Cats Coronavirus Infections COVID-19 COVID-19/veterinary Female Humans Viral Zoonoses
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 26(12):3069-3071
• Pubmed ID:
  32788033
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7706966
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Belgium
• Location:
  Europe
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:5c25d8898d0801693a51f5be965e302405550bcd7dc8f2982b241e15161aaf00
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/98439/cdc_98439_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.15 MB ]