Anthropogenic Infection of Cats during the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic
Hosie, Margaret J. (University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research)
Hofmann-Lehmann, Regina (University of Zurich. Department of Clinical Diagnostics and Services)
Hartmann, Katrin (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Clinic of Small Animal Medicine)
Egberink, Herman (University of Utrecht. Department of Biomolecular Health Sciences)
Truyen, Uwe (University of Leipzig. Institute of Animal Hygiene and Veterinary Public Health)
Addie, Diane D. (Maison Zabal)
Belák, Sándor (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health)
Boucraut-Baralon, Corine (Scanelis Laboratory)
Frymus, Tadeusz (Warsaw University of Life Sciences. Department of Small Animal Diseases with Clinic)
Lloret, Albert (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Hospital Clínic Veterinari)
Lutz, Hans (University of Zurich. Department of Clinical Diagnostics and Services)
Marsilio, Fulvio (Università degli Studi di Teramo. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine)
Pennisi, Maria Grazia (Università di Messina. Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie)
Tasker, Séverine (Linnaeus Group)
Thiry, Etienne (Liège University. Veterinary Virology and Animal Viral Diseases)
Möstl, Karin (University of Veterinary Medicine. Institute of Virology, Department for Pathobiology)

Date:	2021
Abstract:	COVID-19 is a severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) caused by a new coronavirus (CoV), SARS-CoV-2, which is closely related to SARS-CoV that jumped the animal-human species barrier and caused a disease outbreak in 2003. SARS-CoV-2 is a betacoronavirus that was first described in 2019, unrelated to the commonly occurring feline coronavirus (FCoV) that is an alphacoronavirus associated with feline infectious peritonitis (FIP). SARS-CoV-2 is highly contagious and has spread globally within a few months, resulting in the current pandemic. Felids have been shown to be susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection. Particularly in the Western world, many people live in very close contact with their pet cats, and natural infections of cats in COVID-19-positive households have been described in several countries. In this review, the European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases (ABCD), a scientifically independent board of experts in feline medicine from 11 European Countries, discusses the current status of SARS-CoV infections in cats. The review examines the host range of SARS-CoV-2 and human-to-animal transmissions, including infections in domestic and non-domestic felids, as well as mink-to-human/-cat transmission. It summarises current data on SARS-CoV-2 prevalence in domestic cats and the results of experimental infections of cats and provides expert opinions on the clinical relevance and prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infection in cats.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	SARS-CoV-2 ; COVID-19 ; Domestic cats ; Wild felids ; Companion animals ; Minks ; Experimental infection ; Human-to-feline transmission ; One health
Published in:	Viruses, Vol. 13 (january 2021) , ISSN 1999-4915

DOI: 10.3390/v13020185
PMID: 33530620

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