Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in a cat owned by a COVID-19-affected patient in Spain.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
; 117(40): 24790-24793, 2020 10 06.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-780139
ABSTRACT
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the etiological agent of COVID-19, is considered a zoonotic pathogen mainly transmitted human to human. Few reports indicate that pets may be exposed to the virus. The present report describes a cat suffering from severe respiratory distress and thrombocytopenia living with a family with several members affected by COVID-19. Clinical signs of the cat prompted humanitarian euthanasia and a detailed postmortem investigation to assess whether a COVID-19-like disease was causing the condition. Necropsy results showed the animal suffered from feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and severe pulmonary edema and thrombosis. SARS-CoV-2 RNA was only detected in nasal swab, nasal turbinates, and mesenteric lymph node, but no evidence of histopathological lesions compatible with a viral infection were detected. The cat seroconverted against SARS-CoV-2, further evidencing a productive infection in this animal. We conclude that the animal had a subclinical SARS-CoV-2 infection concomitant to an unrelated cardiomyopathy that led to euthanasia.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic
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Coronavirus Infections
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Pandemics
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Betacoronavirus
Type of study:
Case report
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Diagnostic study
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Etiology study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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