SARS-CoV-2 infection, disease and transmission in domestic cats

NN Gaudreault, JD Trujillo, M Carossino… - Emerging microbes & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the cause
of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and responsible for the current pandemic. Recent …

A household case evidences shorter shedding of SARS-CoV-2 in naturally infected cats compared to their human owners

V Neira, B Brito, B Agüero, F Berrios… - Emerging Microbes & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been detected in
domestic and wild cats. However, little is known about natural viral infections of domestic …

[HTML][HTML] Susceptibility of pets to SARS-CoV-2 infection: lessons from a seroepidemiologic survey of cats and dogs in Portugal

R Barroso, A Vieira-Pires, A Antunes… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Betacoronavirus (β-CoV) are positive single-stranded RNA viruses known to infect
mammals. In 2019, a novel zoonotic β-CoV emerged, the severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Experimental re-infected cats do not transmit SARS-CoV-2

NN Gaudreault, M Carossino, I Morozov… - Emerging Microbes & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT SARS-CoV-2 is the causative agent of COVID-19 and responsible for the
current global pandemic. We and others have previously demonstrated that cats are …

[HTML][HTML] Risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection and illness in cats and dogs

D Bienzle, J Rousseau, D Marom… - Emerging Infectious …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We tested swab specimens from pets in households in Ontario, Canada, with human COVID-
19 cases by quantitative PCR for SARS-CoV-2 and surveyed pet owners for risk factors …

Experimental infection of domestic dogs and cats with SARS-CoV-2: Pathogenesis, transmission, and response to reexposure in cats

AM Bosco-Lauth, AE Hartwig… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
The pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
has reached nearly every country in the world with extraordinary person-to-person …

Anthropogenic infection of cats during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic

MJ Hosie, R Hofmann-Lehmann, K Hartmann… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
COVID-19 is a severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) caused by a new coronavirus
(CoV), SARS-CoV-2, which is closely related to SARS-CoV that jumped the animal–human …

SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in dogs and cats is associated with contact to COVID‐19‐positive household members

MM Kannekens‐Jager, MMT de Rooij… - Transboundary and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Several domestic and wild animal species are susceptible to severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) infection. Reported (sero) prevalence in dogs and …

First cases of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in dogs and cats in Thailand

W Jairak, K Charoenkul, E Chamsai… - Transboundary and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) has caused the
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic in humans since late 2019. Here, we …

Understanding the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) exposure in companion, captive, wild, and farmed animals

HL Murphy, H Ly - Virulence, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Several animal species, including ferrets, hamsters, monkeys, and raccoon dogs, have been
shown to be susceptible to experimental infection by the human severe acute respiratory …