Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Domestic Cats

SARS-CoV-2 was detected in three cats after they were cohoused with cats that had been experimentally inoculated with the virus. Cats may be a silent intermediate host of SARS-CoV-2.

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Published inThe New England journal of medicine Vol. 383; no. 6; pp. 592 - 594
Main Authors Halfmann, Peter J, Hatta, Masato, Chiba, Shiho, Maemura, Tadashi, Fan, Shufang, Takeda, Makoto, Kinoshita, Noriko, Hattori, Shin-ichiro, Sakai-Tagawa, Yuko, Iwatsuki-Horimoto, Kiyoko, Imai, Masaki, Kawaoka, Yoshihiro
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Massachusetts Medical Society 06.08.2020
Subjects
Animals
Antibodies, Viral
Betacoronavirus
Cats
Cats - virology
Chlorocebus aethiops
Coronavirus Infections - transmission
Coronavirus Infections - veterinary
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Disease transmission
Immunoglobulin G - blood
Infections
Influenza
Pandemics - veterinary
Pneumonia, Viral - transmission
Pneumonia, Viral - veterinary
Public health
R&D
Research & development
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Vero Cells
Virus Shedding
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Summary:SARS-CoV-2 was detected in three cats after they were cohoused with cats that had been experimentally inoculated with the virus. Cats may be a silent intermediate host of SARS-CoV-2.
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ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMc2013400