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Case Reports
. 2020 Dec;26(12):3069-3071.
doi: 10.3201/eid2612.202223. Epub 2020 Aug 12.

SARS-CoV-2 Natural Transmission from Human to Cat, Belgium, March 2020

Mutien Garigliany, Anne-Sophie Van Laere, Cécile Clercx, Didier Giet, Nicolas Escriou, Christèle Huon, Sylvie van der Werf, Marc Eloit, Daniel Desmecht
Case Reports

SARS-CoV-2 Natural Transmission from Human to Cat, Belgium, March 2020

Mutien Garigliany et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Dec.

Abstract

In March 2020, a severe respiratory syndrome developed in a cat, 1 week after its owner received positive test results for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Viral RNA was detected in the cat's nasopharyngeal swab samples and vomitus or feces; immunoglobulin against the virus was found in convalescent-phase serum. Human-to-cat transmission is suspected.

Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; Felis silvestris catus; SARS-CoV-2; cat; coronavirus disease; pandemic; respiratory infections; reverse zoonosis; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; transmission; viruses; zoonoses.

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Figure 7
Timeline of disease course for human and cat with SARS-CoV-2 infection, by days from illness onset according to the cat owner, Belgium, February 22–March 25, 2020. NA, not available; ND, not determined; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
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References

    1. ProMED-mail. COVID-19 update (58): Belgium, animal, cat, clinical case, RFI. 2020. May 20 [cited 2020 Jul 31]. http://www.promedmail.org, archive no. 20200327.7151215.

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