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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2021 May 12;27(7).
doi: 10.3201/eid2707.204959. Online ahead of print.
Possible Human-to-Dog Transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Italy, 2020
Nicola Decaro, Gabriele Vaccari, Alessio Lorusso, Eleonora Lorusso, Luca De Sabato, Edward I Patterson, Ilaria Di Bartolo, Grant L Hughes, Liana Teodori, Costantina Desario, Barbara Colitti, Dominga Ricci, Domenico Buonavoglia, Sergio Rosati, Vito Martella, Cesare Camm?, Umberto Agrimi, Gabriella Elia
Abstract
We detected severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in an otherwise healthy poodle living with 4 family members who had coronavirus disease. We observed antibodies in serum samples taken from the dog, indicating seroconversion. Full-length genome sequencing showed that the canine and human viruses were identical, suggesting human-to-animal transmission.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; Italy; SARS-CoV-2; SARS-CoV-2 transmission; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; dogs; humans; next-generation sequencing; phylogeny; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2021 May 12;27(7).
doi: 10.3201/eid2707.204959. Online ahead of print.
Possible Human-to-Dog Transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Italy, 2020
Nicola Decaro, Gabriele Vaccari, Alessio Lorusso, Eleonora Lorusso, Luca De Sabato, Edward I Patterson, Ilaria Di Bartolo, Grant L Hughes, Liana Teodori, Costantina Desario, Barbara Colitti, Dominga Ricci, Domenico Buonavoglia, Sergio Rosati, Vito Martella, Cesare Camm?, Umberto Agrimi, Gabriella Elia
- PMID: 33979566
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2707.204959
Abstract
We detected severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in an otherwise healthy poodle living with 4 family members who had coronavirus disease. We observed antibodies in serum samples taken from the dog, indicating seroconversion. Full-length genome sequencing showed that the canine and human viruses were identical, suggesting human-to-animal transmission.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; Italy; SARS-CoV-2; SARS-CoV-2 transmission; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; dogs; humans; next-generation sequencing; phylogeny; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.