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

Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Oct 25;27(12). doi: 10.3201/eid2712.211252. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWe 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.PMID:34695368 | DOI:10.3201/eid2712.211252

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - October 25, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Claudia Schulz Byron Martina Monica Mirolo Elisabeth M üller Ruth Klein Holger Volk Herman Egberink Mariana Gonzalez-Hernandez Franziska Kaiser Maren von K öckritz-Blickwede Albert Osterhaus Source Type: research