One Health Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Seropositivity among Pets in Households with Confirmed Human COVID-19 Cases—Utah and Wisconsin, 2020

Autor: Trivikram Dasu, Amanda J. Price, Krista Queen, Christina M. Loiacono, Dallin Peterson, Dean Taylor, Suxiang Tong, Laura S Murrell, Casey Barton Behravesh, Emma Sweet, Jeffrey B. Doty, Nathaniel M. Lewis, Caitlin M. Cossaboom, John Rossow, Grace W Goryoka, Ailam Lim, Kelly F. Oakeson, Ryan M. Wallace, Anne Straily, Keith P. Poulsen, Mary Lea Killian, Anna L Sangster, Mia Kim Torchetti, Radhika Gharpure, Victoria T Chu, Jing Zhang, Hannah L Kirking, Anna Uehara, Patrick Dawson, Jessica R. Spengler, Dan Ploug Christensen, Tair Kiphibane, Sanjib Bhattacharyya, Melinda Jenkins-Moore, Jane Rooney, Rachel Klos, Elizabeth A. Dietrich, Victoria Mrotz, Erin L Young, Cassandra Tansey, Darlene Konkle
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Viruses
Volume 13
Issue 9
Viruses, Vol 13, Iss 1813, p 1813 (2021)
ISSN: 1999-4915
DOI: 10.3390/v13091813
Popis: 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.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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