SARS-CoV-2 Natural Transmission from Human to Cat, Belgium, March 2020
Mutien‐Marie Garigliany, Anne-Sophie Van Laere, Cécile Clercx, Didier Giet, Nicolas Escriou, Christèle Huon, Sylvie van der Werf, Marc Éloit, Daniël Desmecht
Abstract
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.
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)VirologyTransmission (telecommunications)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakBetacoronavirusCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Sars virusPandemicDisease reservoirCoronavirus InfectionsGeographyBiologyMedicineOutbreakComputer scienceInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseaseTelecommunicationsPathologySARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyAnimal Virus Infections Studies