Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2021)

SARS-CoV-2–Specific Antibodies in Domestic Cats during First COVID-19 Wave, Europe

  • Claudia Schulz,
  • Byron Martina,
  • Monica Mirolo,
  • Elisabeth Müller,
  • Ruth Klein,
  • Holger Volk,
  • Herman Egberink,
  • Mariana Gonzalez-Hernandez,
  • Franziska Kaiser,
  • Maren von Köckritz-Blickwede,
  • Albert Osterhaus

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2712.211252
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 12
pp. 3115 – 3118

Abstract

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We conducted a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 antibody seroprevalence study among >2,000 domestic cats from 4 countries during the first coronavirus disease wave in Europe. We found 4.4% seroprevalence using a virus neutralization test and 4.3% using a receptor-binding domain ELISA, demonstrating probable human-to-cat transmission.

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