Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2020)

SARS-CoV-2 in Quarantined Domestic Cats from COVID-19 Households or Close Contacts, Hong Kong, China

  • Vanessa R. Barrs,
  • Malik Peiris,
  • Karina W.S. Tam,
  • Pierra Y.T. Law,
  • Christopher J. Brackman,
  • Esther M.W. To,
  • Veronica Y.T. Yu,
  • Daniel K.W. Chu,
  • Ranawaka A.P.M. Perera,
  • Thomas H.C. Sit

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2612.202786
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 12
pp. 3071 – 3074

Abstract

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We tested 50 cats from coronavirus disease households or close contacts in Hong Kong, China, for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 RNA in respiratory and fecal samples. We found 6 cases of apparent human-to-feline transmission involving healthy cats. Virus genomes sequenced from 1 cat and its owner were identical.

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