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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2023 May 4;29(6).
doi: 10.3201/eid2906.221755. Online ahead of print.
SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence and Cross-Variant Antibody Neutralization in Cats, United Kingdom
Grace B Tyson, Sarah Jones, Nicola Logan, Michael McDonald, Leigh Marshall, Pablo R Murcia, Brian J Willett, William Weir, Margaret J Hosie
Anthropogenic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to pet cats highlights the importance of monitoring felids for exposure to circulating variants. We tested cats in the United Kingdom for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies; seroprevalence peaked during September 2021-February 2022. The variant-specific response in cats trailed circulating variants in humans, indicating multiple human-to-cat transmissions over a prolonged period.
Keywords: COVID-19; ELISA; One Health; SARS-CoV-2; United Kingdom; anthropozoonoses; cats; humoral immunity; pseudotype virus neutralization assay; respiratory infections; seroprevalence; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2023 May 4;29(6).
doi: 10.3201/eid2906.221755. Online ahead of print.
SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence and Cross-Variant Antibody Neutralization in Cats, United Kingdom
Grace B Tyson, Sarah Jones, Nicola Logan, Michael McDonald, Leigh Marshall, Pablo R Murcia, Brian J Willett, William Weir, Margaret J Hosie
- PMID: 37141617
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2906.221755
Anthropogenic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to pet cats highlights the importance of monitoring felids for exposure to circulating variants. We tested cats in the United Kingdom for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies; seroprevalence peaked during September 2021-February 2022. The variant-specific response in cats trailed circulating variants in humans, indicating multiple human-to-cat transmissions over a prolonged period.
Keywords: COVID-19; ELISA; One Health; SARS-CoV-2; United Kingdom; anthropozoonoses; cats; humoral immunity; pseudotype virus neutralization assay; respiratory infections; seroprevalence; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.