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Editor, Senior Moderator
Viruses
. 2021 Jan 26;13(2):185.
doi: 10.3390/v13020185.
Anthropogenic Infection of Cats during the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic
Margaret J Hosie[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Regina Hofmann-Lehmann[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Katrin Hartmann[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Herman Egberink[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Uwe Truyen[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Diane D Addie[SUP] 6 [/SUP], S?ndor Bel?k[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Corine Boucraut-Baralon[SUP] 8 [/SUP], Tadeusz Frymus[SUP] 9 [/SUP], Albert Lloret[SUP] 10 [/SUP], Hans Lutz[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Fulvio Marsilio[SUP] 11 [/SUP], Maria Grazia Pennisi[SUP] 12 [/SUP], S?verine Tasker[SUP] 13 14 [/SUP], Etienne Thiry[SUP] 15 [/SUP], Karin M?stl[SUP] 16 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
COVID-19 is a severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) caused by a new coronavirus (CoV), SARS-CoV-2, which is closely related to SARS-CoV that jumped the animal-human species barrier and caused a disease outbreak in 2003. SARS-CoV-2 is a betacoronavirus that was first described in 2019, unrelated to the commonly occurring feline coronavirus (FCoV) that is an alphacoronavirus associated with feline infectious peritonitis (FIP). SARS-CoV-2 is highly contagious and has spread globally within a few months, resulting in the current pandemic. Felids have been shown to be susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection. Particularly in the Western world, many people live in very close contact with their pet cats, and natural infections of cats in COVID-19-positive households have been described in several countries. In this review, the European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases (ABCD), a scientifically independent board of experts in feline medicine from 11 European Countries, discusses the current status of SARS-CoV infections in cats. The review examines the host range of SARS-CoV-2 and human-to-animal transmissions, including infections in domestic and non-domestic felids, as well as mink-to-human/-cat transmission. It summarises current data on SARS-CoV-2 prevalence in domestic cats and the results of experimental infections of cats and provides expert opinions on the clinical relevance and prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infection in cats.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; companion animals; domestic cats; experimental infection; human-to-feline transmission; minks; one health; wild felids.
. 2021 Jan 26;13(2):185.
doi: 10.3390/v13020185.
Anthropogenic Infection of Cats during the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic
Margaret J Hosie[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Regina Hofmann-Lehmann[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Katrin Hartmann[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Herman Egberink[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Uwe Truyen[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Diane D Addie[SUP] 6 [/SUP], S?ndor Bel?k[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Corine Boucraut-Baralon[SUP] 8 [/SUP], Tadeusz Frymus[SUP] 9 [/SUP], Albert Lloret[SUP] 10 [/SUP], Hans Lutz[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Fulvio Marsilio[SUP] 11 [/SUP], Maria Grazia Pennisi[SUP] 12 [/SUP], S?verine Tasker[SUP] 13 14 [/SUP], Etienne Thiry[SUP] 15 [/SUP], Karin M?stl[SUP] 16 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33530620
- DOI: 10.3390/v13020185
Abstract
COVID-19 is a severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) caused by a new coronavirus (CoV), SARS-CoV-2, which is closely related to SARS-CoV that jumped the animal-human species barrier and caused a disease outbreak in 2003. SARS-CoV-2 is a betacoronavirus that was first described in 2019, unrelated to the commonly occurring feline coronavirus (FCoV) that is an alphacoronavirus associated with feline infectious peritonitis (FIP). SARS-CoV-2 is highly contagious and has spread globally within a few months, resulting in the current pandemic. Felids have been shown to be susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection. Particularly in the Western world, many people live in very close contact with their pet cats, and natural infections of cats in COVID-19-positive households have been described in several countries. In this review, the European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases (ABCD), a scientifically independent board of experts in feline medicine from 11 European Countries, discusses the current status of SARS-CoV infections in cats. The review examines the host range of SARS-CoV-2 and human-to-animal transmissions, including infections in domestic and non-domestic felids, as well as mink-to-human/-cat transmission. It summarises current data on SARS-CoV-2 prevalence in domestic cats and the results of experimental infections of cats and provides expert opinions on the clinical relevance and prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infection in cats.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; companion animals; domestic cats; experimental infection; human-to-feline transmission; minks; one health; wild felids.