Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from Humans to Pets, Washington and Idaho, USA
SARS-CoV-2 likely emerged from an animal reservoir. However, the frequency of and risk factors for interspecies transmission remain unclear. We conducted a community-based study in Idaho, USA, of pets in households that had >1 confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infections in humans. Among 119 dogs and 57 cats...
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| author | Julianne Meisner Timothy V. Baszler Kathryn E. Kuehl Vickie Ramirez Anna Baines Lauren A. Frisbie Eric T. Lofgren David M. de Avila Rebecca M. Wolking Dan S. Bradway Hannah R. Wilson Beth Lipton Vance Kawakami Peter M. Rabinowitz |
| author_facet | Julianne Meisner Timothy V. Baszler Kathryn E. Kuehl Vickie Ramirez Anna Baines Lauren A. Frisbie Eric T. Lofgren David M. de Avila Rebecca M. Wolking Dan S. Bradway Hannah R. Wilson Beth Lipton Vance Kawakami Peter M. Rabinowitz |
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SARS-CoV-2 likely emerged from an animal reservoir. However, the frequency of and risk factors for interspecies transmission remain unclear. We conducted a community-based study in Idaho, USA, of pets in households that had >1 confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infections in humans. Among 119 dogs and 57 cats, clinical signs consistent with SARS-CoV-2 were reported for 20 dogs (21%) and 19 cats (39%). Of 81 dogs and 32 cats sampled, 40% of dogs and 43% of cats were seropositive, and 5% of dogs and 8% of cats were PCR positive. This discordance might be caused by delays in sampling. Respondents commonly reported close human‒animal contact and willingness to take measures to prevent transmission to their pets. Reported preventive measures showed a slightly protective but nonsignificant trend for both illness and seropositivity in pets. Sharing of beds and bowls had slight harmful effects, reaching statistical significance for sharing bowls and seropositivity.
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| spelling | doaj.art-ed03c45f0e244986988b2371ccd41e672022-12-22T03:43:56ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592022-12-0128122425243410.3201/eid2812.220215Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from Humans to Pets, Washington and Idaho, USAJulianne MeisnerTimothy V. BaszlerKathryn E. KuehlVickie RamirezAnna BainesLauren A. FrisbieEric T. LofgrenDavid M. de AvilaRebecca M. WolkingDan S. BradwayHannah R. WilsonBeth LiptonVance KawakamiPeter M. Rabinowitz SARS-CoV-2 likely emerged from an animal reservoir. However, the frequency of and risk factors for interspecies transmission remain unclear. We conducted a community-based study in Idaho, USA, of pets in households that had >1 confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infections in humans. Among 119 dogs and 57 cats, clinical signs consistent with SARS-CoV-2 were reported for 20 dogs (21%) and 19 cats (39%). Of 81 dogs and 32 cats sampled, 40% of dogs and 43% of cats were seropositive, and 5% of dogs and 8% of cats were PCR positive. This discordance might be caused by delays in sampling. Respondents commonly reported close human‒animal contact and willingness to take measures to prevent transmission to their pets. Reported preventive measures showed a slightly protective but nonsignificant trend for both illness and seropositivity in pets. Sharing of beds and bowls had slight harmful effects, reaching statistical significance for sharing bowls and seropositivity. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/12/22-0215_articlesevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2SARS-CoV-2coronavirusesvirusescoronavirus diseaseCOVID-19 |
| spellingShingle | Julianne Meisner Timothy V. Baszler Kathryn E. Kuehl Vickie Ramirez Anna Baines Lauren A. Frisbie Eric T. Lofgren David M. de Avila Rebecca M. Wolking Dan S. Bradway Hannah R. Wilson Beth Lipton Vance Kawakami Peter M. Rabinowitz Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from Humans to Pets, Washington and Idaho, USA Emerging Infectious Diseases severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 SARS-CoV-2 coronaviruses viruses coronavirus disease COVID-19 |
| title | Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from Humans to Pets, Washington and Idaho, USA |
| title_full | Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from Humans to Pets, Washington and Idaho, USA |
| title_fullStr | Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from Humans to Pets, Washington and Idaho, USA |
| title_full_unstemmed | Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from Humans to Pets, Washington and Idaho, USA |
| title_short | Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from Humans to Pets, Washington and Idaho, USA |
| title_sort | household transmission of sars cov 2 from humans to pets washington and idaho usa |
| topic | severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 SARS-CoV-2 coronaviruses viruses coronavirus disease COVID-19 |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/12/22-0215_article |
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