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By Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona on Sep 25, 2020
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Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in a cat owned by a COVID-19−affected patient in Spain
Joaquim Segal?s, Mariona Puig, Jordi Rodon, Carlos Avila-Nieto, Jorge Carrillo, Guillermo Cantero, Maria Teresa Terr?n, S?lvia Cruz, Mariona Parera, Marc Noguera-Juli?n, Nuria Izquierdo-Useros, V?ctor Guallar, Enric Vidal, Alfonso Valencia, Ignacio Blanco, Juli? Blanco, Bonaventura Clotet, and J?lia Vergara-Alert
PNAS first published September 18, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2010817117
https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/09/17/2010817117
- The IRTA-CReSA coronavirus research team, alongside researchers from IrsiCaixa, the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) and veterinarians from a veterinary hospital near Barcelona publish in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) the results of postoperative analyzes of COVID-19 positive cat necropsy.
- The study confirms that cats can become infected with SARS-CoV-2without it affecting their health because they generate an effective immune response against the virus and cannot transmit it to humans.
- Following the case of Negrito, a study was launched to assess the frequency in which cats, dogs, and ferrets have become infected with SARS-CoV-2 from people, with the voluntary participation of veterinary clinics and hospitals from across
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Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in a cat owned by a COVID-19−affected patient in Spain
Joaquim Segal?s, Mariona Puig, Jordi Rodon, Carlos Avila-Nieto, Jorge Carrillo, Guillermo Cantero, Maria Teresa Terr?n, S?lvia Cruz, Mariona Parera, Marc Noguera-Juli?n, Nuria Izquierdo-Useros, V?ctor Guallar, Enric Vidal, Alfonso Valencia, Ignacio Blanco, Juli? Blanco, Bonaventura Clotet, and J?lia Vergara-Alert
PNAS first published September 18, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2010817117
https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/09/17/2010817117