Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Domestic Cats

• Published in: The 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
• Language: English
• 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

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.