First genome sequencing of SARS‐CoV‐2 recovered from an infected cat and its owner in Latin America
Coronavirus
DOI:
10.1111/tbed.13984
Publication Date:
2021-01-15T00:06:14Z
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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 5 people (3 adults and 2 children), of have shown mild symptoms associated throat discomfort. cat was vaccinated, had no history any previous disease, negative feline coronavirus (FCoV), immunodeficiency virus (FIV) leukaemia (FeLV). Rectal sample collected from SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR. Viral genome sequences recovered human samples showed an average 99.4% sequence identity. This first report a its owner in Latin America.
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