First genome sequencing of SARS‐CoV‐2 recovered from an infected cat and its owner in Latin America

Male General Veterinary General Immunology and Microbiology SARS-CoV-2 Leukemia Virus, Feline COVID-19 General Medicine 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Immunodeficiency Virus, Feline Cat Diseases 3. Good health 0403 veterinary science Latin America Cats Animals Humans
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.13984 Publication Date: 2021-01-15T00:06:14Z
ABSTRACT
An 11-year-old male mixed-breed cat, with exclusively indoor life, presented 3 cough episodes after the owners tested positive by RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2. The house is inhabited by 5 people (3 adults and 2 children), and 2 of the adults have shown mild symptoms associated with throat discomfort. The cat was vaccinated, had no history of any previous disease, and tested negative for feline coronavirus (FCoV), feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) and feline leukaemia virus (FeLV). Rectal sample collected from the cat was positive for SARS-CoV-2 by RT-PCR. Viral genome sequences recovered from human and cat samples showed an average 99.4% sequence identity. This is the first report of genome sequences of SARS-CoV-2 recovered from a cat and its owner in Latin America.
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