SARS-COV-2 Natural Transmission from Human to Cat, Belgium, March 2020
- Garigliany, Mutien-Marie
- Van Laere, Anne-Sophie
- Clercx, Cécile
- Giet, Didier
- Escriou, Nicolas
- Huon, Christèle
- van der Werf, Sylvie
- Eloit, Marc
- Desmecht, Daniel
Publication date
December 2020
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Abstract
peer reviewedIn March 2020, a severe respiratory syndrome developed in a cat, 1 week after its owner received positive test results for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Viral RNA was detected in the cat’s nasopharyngeal swab samples and vomitus or feces; immunoglobulin against the virus was found in convalescent-phase serum. Human-to-cat transmission is suspected
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