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.

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SARS-CoV-2 in Quarantined Domestic Cats from COVID-19 Households or Close Contacts, Hong Kong, China

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September 16 2020
By Barrs, Vanessa R. ; Peiris, Malik ; Tam, Karina W.S. ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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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.
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.
Subjects:

Animals Cats Coronavirus Infections COVID-19/transmission COVID-19/veterinary Family Characteristics Humans Pandemics Pets Quarantine SARS-CoV-2/genetics Viral Zoonoses
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Emerg Infect Dis. 26(12):3071-3074
Pubmed ID:

32938527
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC7706951
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Journal Article
Place as Subject:

Hong Kong
Location:

Asia
Volume:

26
Issue:

12
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:c688a15769bf51cfa7120ec1a1818ecde35d27d0b7cad4b2c29f84bfb34ca47c
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