| Autor: |
Gabriela, Kleinerman, Saar, Gross, Shira, Topol, Ella, Ariel, Gerry, Volokh, Sivan, Melloul, Shani Etty, Mergy, Yaakov, Malamud, Sagi, Gilboa, Yoav, Gal, Libby, Weiss, Juergen A, Richt, Nicola, Decaro, Shadi, Eskandar, Yarden, Arieli, Efrat, Gingis, Yacov, Sachter, Lavie, Chaim |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
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| Zdroj: |
Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. :101905 |
| ISSN: |
0147-9571 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.cimid.2022.101905 |
| Popis: |
Domestic cats are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection and can transmit the virus to other felines. A high number of COVID-19 human cases within the military personnel and a high density of stray cats living close to soldiers raised the need to perform active animal surveillance. We validated a novel quantitative serological microarray for use in cats, that enables simultaneous detection of IgG and IgM responses; in addition, molecular genetic SARS-CoV-2 detection was performed. Three out of 131 cats analyzed, showed IgG antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 RBD and S2P (2.3 %). None of cats were positive for SARS-CoV-2 RNA by RT-PCR. SARS-CoV-2 infection rate in soldiers ranged from 4.7 % to 16 % (average rate=8.9 %). Further investigations on a larger cohort are necessary, in the light of the emerging new viral variants in other animal species and in humans. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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