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Emerg Infect Dis
. 2020 Sep 16;26(12).
doi: 10.3201/eid2612.202786. Online ahead of print.
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 T 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
- PMID: 32938527
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2612.202786
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.
Keywords: COVID-19; China; Hong Kong; SARS-CoV-2; close contacts; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; domestic cats; households; pandemic; quarantine; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.