1. Assessment of the Risk Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Prevalence between Cats and Dogs in America and Europe: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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Silva, Marcos Jessé Abrahão, Santana, Davi Silva, Lima, Marceli Batista Martins, Silva, Caroliny Soares, de Oliveira, Letícia Gomes, Monteiro, Ellerson Oliveira Loureiro, Dias, Rafael dos Santos, Pereira, Bruna de Kássia Barbosa, Nery, Paula Andresa da Silva, Ferreira, Márcio André Silva, Sarmento, Matheus Alonso de Souza, Ayin, Andrea Alexandra Narro, Mendes de Oliveira, Ana Cristina, Lima, Karla Valéria Batista, and Lima, Luana Nepomuceno Gondim Costa
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SARS-CoV-2 ,RISK assessment ,DOMESTIC animals ,DOGS ,CATS ,INFERENTIAL statistics ,COVID-19 pandemic ,FLEA control - Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic represented a huge obstacle for public health and demonstrated weaknesses in surveillance and health promotion systems around the world. Its etiological agent, SARS-CoV-2, of zoonotic origin, has been the target of several studies related to the control and prevention of outbreaks and epidemics of COVID-19 not only for humans but also for animals. Domestic animals, such as dogs and cats, have extensive contact with humans and can acquire the infection both naturally and directly from humans. The objective of this article was to summarize the seroprevalence findings of SARS-CoV-2 in dogs and cats and correlate them with the strength of infection risk between each of them. This is a systematic review and meta-analysis following the recommendations of PRISMA 2020. The search and selection of papers was carried out using in vivo experimental works with animals using the descriptors (MeSH/DeCS) "Animal", "Public Health", "SARS-CoV-2" and "Pandemic" (together with AND) in English, Portuguese or Spanish for Science Direct, PUBMED, LILACS and SciELO databases. The ARRIVE checklist was used for methodological evaluation and the Comprehensive Meta-Analysis v2.2 software with the Difference Risk (RD) test to evaluate statistical inferences (with subgroups by continent). Cats showed greater susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 compared to dogs both in a joint analysis of studies (RD = 0.017; 95% CI = 0.008–0.025; p < 0.0001) and in the American subgroup (RD = 0.053; 95% CI = 0.032–0.073; p < 0.0001), unlike the lack of significant difference on the European continent (RD = 0.009; 95% CI = −0.001–0.018; p = 0.066). Therefore, it was observed that cats have a greater interest in health surveillance due to the set of biological and ecological aspects of these animals, but also that there are a set of factors that can influence the spread and possible spillover events of the virus thanks to the anthropozoonotic context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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