Human-to-Cat SARS-CoV-2 Transmission: Case Report and Full-Genome Sequencing from an Infected Pet and Its Owner in Northern Italy

Pathogens

Nicola Decaro¹  Alessia Giordano²  Angelica Stranieri²  Stefania Lauzi²  Saverio Paltrinieri²  Massimo Galli³  Gabriele Pagani³  Spinello Antinori³  Stefano Rusconi³  Davide Lelli⁴  Annalisa Bergna⁵  Alessia Lai⁵  Gianguglielmo Zehender⁵  Alberto Rizzo⁶  MariaRita Gismondo⁶ 

[1] Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, 700010 Bari, Italy;Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Milan, 26900 Lodi, Italy;Infectious Diseases Unit, 3rd Division, Luigi Sacco Hospital, ASST FBF-Sacco, 20157 Milan, Italy;Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna (IZSLER), 25124 Brescia, Italy;Luigi Sacco Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Università Statale di Milano, 20157 Milan, Italy;Microbiology Unit, Luigi Sacco Hospital, ASST FBF-Sacco, 20157 Milan, Italy;

关键词: SARS-CoV-2;    cat;    full-genome analysis;    one health;   

DOI  :  10.3390/pathogens10020252

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

There have been previous reports of the human-to-cat transmission of SARS-CoV-2, but there are only a few molecular studies that have compared the whole genome of the virus in cats and their owners. We here describe a case of domestic SARS-CoV-2 transmission from a healthcare worker to his cat for which nasopharyngeal swabs of both the cat and its owner were used for full-genome analysis. The results indicate that quarantine measures should be extended to pets living in SARS-CoV-2-infected households.

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