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One Health Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Seropositivity among Pets in Households with Confirmed Human COVID-19 Cases-Utah and Wisconsin, 2020.
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Viruses [Viruses] 2021 Sep 12; Vol. 13 (9). Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Sep 12. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Approximately 67% of U.S. households have pets. Limited data are available on SARS-CoV-2 in pets. We assessed SARS-CoV-2 infection in pets during a COVID-19 household transmission investigation. Pets from households with ≥1 person with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 were eligible for inclusion from April-May 2020. We enrolled 37 dogs and 19 cats from 34 households. All oropharyngeal, nasal, and rectal swabs tested negative by rRT-PCR; one dog's fur swabs (2%) tested positive by rRT-PCR at the first sampling. Among 47 pets with serological results, eight (17%) pets (four dogs, four cats) from 6/30 (20%) households had detectable SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies. In households with a seropositive pet, the proportion of people with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 was greater (median 79%; range: 40-100%) compared to households with no seropositive pet (median 37%; range: 13-100%) ( p = 0.01). Thirty-three pets with serologic results had frequent daily contact (≥1 h) with the index patient before the person's COVID-19 diagnosis. Of these 33 pets, 14 (42%) had decreased contact with the index patient after diagnosis and none were seropositive; of the 19 (58%) pets with continued contact, four (21%) were seropositive. Seropositive pets likely acquired infection after contact with people with COVID-19. People with COVID-19 should restrict contact with pets and other animals.
- Subjects :
- Animals
COVID-19 history
COVID-19 transmission
Cats
Dogs
Family Characteristics
History, 21st Century
Humans
Pets history
Phylogeny
Population Surveillance
RNA, Viral
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Utah epidemiology
Viral Zoonoses epidemiology
Wisconsin epidemiology
COVID-19 epidemiology
COVID-19 virology
Pets virology
SARS-CoV-2 classification
SARS-CoV-2 genetics
SARS-CoV-2 isolation & purification
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1999-4915
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Viruses
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 34578394
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/v13091813