SARS-CoV-2 in Quarantined Domestic Cats from COVID-19 Households or Close Contacts, Hong Kong, China
Vanessa R. Barrs, Malik Peiris, Karina W. S. Tam, Pierra Y. Law, Christopher J. Brackman, Esther M. W. To, Veronica Y. T. Yu, Daniel K. W. Chu, Ranawaka A. P. M. Perera, Thomas H. C. Sit
Abstract
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.
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakVirologyChinaCATSBetacoronavirusPandemicMedicineGeographyOutbreakInfectious disease (medical specialty)Internal medicineArchaeologyDiseaseSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchSARS-CoV-2 detection and testingCOVID-19 epidemiological studies