High prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in pets from COVID-19+ households

In a survey of household cats and dogs of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 patients, we found a high seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, ranging from 21% to 53%, depending on the positivity criteria chosen. Seropositivity was significantly greater among pets from COVID-19+ households compared to t...

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Published in:	One health Vol. 11; p. 100192
Main Authors:	Fritz, Matthieu, Rosolen, Béatrice, Krafft, Emilie, Becquart, Pierre, Elguero, Eric, Vratskikh, Oxana, Denolly, Solène, Boson, Bertrand, Vanhomwegen, Jessica, Gouilh, Meriadeg Ar, Kodjo, Angeli, Chirouze, Catherine, Rosolen, Serge G., Legros, Vincent, Leroy, Eric M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01-12-2020 Elsevier
Subjects:	Animal biology COVID-19 Emerging diseases Human health and pathology Infectious diseases Life Sciences Luminex Neutralization assay One health Pets Research Paper SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence Veterinary medicine and animal Health COVID-19 Pets SARS-CoV-2 One health Neutralization assay Luminex Seroprevalence
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Summary:	In a survey of household cats and dogs of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 patients, we found a high seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, ranging from 21% to 53%, depending on the positivity criteria chosen. Seropositivity was significantly greater among pets from COVID-19+ households compared to those with owners of unknown status. Our results highlight the potential role of pets in the spread of the epidemic.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 PMCID: PMC7641531 Vincent Legros and Eric M. Leroy contributed equally to this article. Matthieu Fritz and Beatrice Roslen contributed equally to this article. Emilie Krafft and Pierre Becquart contributed equally to this article.
ISSN:	2352-7714 2352-7714
DOI:	10.1016/j.onehlt.2020.100192