IHAP, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, ENVT, 31300 Toulouse, France.
Small Animal Clinic, Université de Toulouse, ENVT, 31300 Toulouse, France.
Viruses. 2021 Apr 14;13(4):673. doi: 10.3390/v13040673.
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is responsible for COVID-19 and spread rapidly following its emergence in Wuhan in 2019. Although cats are, among other domestic animals, susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection, little is known about their epidemiological role in the dynamics of a household infection. In this study, we monitored five cats for viral shedding daily. Each cat was confined with its COVID-19 positive owners in separate households. Low loads of viral nucleic acid were found in two cats, but only one developed anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, which suggests that cats have a limited role in COVID-19 epidemiology.
严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒 2 型（SARS-CoV-2）是 COVID-19 的病原体，于 2019 年在中国武汉出现后迅速传播。尽管猫与其他家养动物一样易感染 SARS-CoV-2，但人们对其在家庭感染动态中的流行病学作用知之甚少。在这项研究中，我们每天监测五只猫的病毒脱落情况。每只猫都与感染 COVID-19 的主人一起被隔离在不同的家中。在两只猫中发现了低水平的病毒核酸，但只有一只猫产生了抗 SARS-CoV-2 抗体，这表明猫在 COVID-19 流行病学中的作用有限。
