Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Client-Owned Cats from Portugal

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Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Andreia
Data de Publicação: 2022
Outros Autores: Pereira, Maria Aires, Mateus, Teresa Letra, Mesquita, João R., Vala, Helena
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/145165
Resumo: Funding Information: The participation of T.L.M. was supported by the projects UIDB/CVT/00772/2020 and LA/P/0059/2020, funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). The participation of M.A.P was supported by Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM) under the project UID/04413/2020 and by the Centre for Natural Resources, Environment and Society (CERNAS) through the project UIDB/00681/2020, both founded by FCT, and by the Instituto Politécnico de Viseu (IPV) through the project Biossegurança: um passo firme na melhoria de um futuro incerto. Ref. BiossAPESPCall2. The participation of H.V. was supported by the Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences (CITAB) through the project UIDB/04033/2020 and by CERNAS through the project UIDB/00681/2020, both funded by FCT, and by IPV through the project Biossegurança: um passo firme na melhoria de um futuro incerto. Ref. BiossAPESPCall2. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 by the authors.
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spelling Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Client-Owned Cats from Portugalanti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodiesCOVID-19householdhuman–animal interactionveterinary(all)SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingFunding Information: The participation of T.L.M. was supported by the projects UIDB/CVT/00772/2020 and LA/P/0059/2020, funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). The participation of M.A.P was supported by Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM) under the project UID/04413/2020 and by the Centre for Natural Resources, Environment and Society (CERNAS) through the project UIDB/00681/2020, both founded by FCT, and by the Instituto Politécnico de Viseu (IPV) through the project Biossegurança: um passo firme na melhoria de um futuro incerto. Ref. BiossAPESPCall2. The participation of H.V. was supported by the Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences (CITAB) through the project UIDB/04033/2020 and by CERNAS through the project UIDB/00681/2020, both funded by FCT, and by IPV through the project Biossegurança: um passo firme na melhoria de um futuro incerto. Ref. BiossAPESPCall2. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 by the authors.The close contact between humans and domestic cats raises concerns about the potential risks of SARS-CoV-2 transmission. Thus, this study aims to investigate anti-SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in client-owned cats from Portugal and evaluate the infection risk of cats that maintain contact with human COVID-19 cases. A total of 176 cats, belonging to 94 households, were sampled. Cat owners answered an online questionnaire, and cats were screened for antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 using a commercial ELISA. Twenty (21.3%) households reported at least one confirmed human COVID-19 case. Forty cats (22.7%) belonged to a COVID-19-positive and 136 (77.3%) to a COVID-19-negative household. The seroprevalences of cats from COVID-19-positive and -negative households were 5.0% (2/40) and 0.7% (1/136). The two SARS-CoV-2-seropositive cats from COVID-19-positive households had an indoor lifestyle, and their owners stated that they maintained a close and frequent contact with them, even after being diagnosed with COVID-19, pointing towards human-to-cat transmission. The SARS-CoV-2-seropositive cat from the COVID-19-negative household had a mixed indoor/outdoor lifestyle and chronic diseases. Owners of the three SARS-CoV-2-seropositive cats did not notice clinical signs or behavior changes. This study highlights the low risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission from COVID-19-positive human household members to domestic cats, even in a context of close and frequent human–animal contact.Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT)Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM)Vector borne diseases and pathogens (VBD)RUNOliveira, AndreiaPereira, Maria AiresMateus, Teresa LetraMesquita, João R.Vala, Helena2022-11-02T22:10:20Z2022-072022-07-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/145165eng2306-7381PURE: 46705542https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci9070363info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-10T16:10:13ZPortal AgregadorONG
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Client-Owned Cats from Portugal
title Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Client-Owned Cats from Portugal
spellingShingle Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Client-Owned Cats from Portugal
Oliveira, Andreia
anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies
COVID-19
household
human–animal interaction
veterinary(all)
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
title_short Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Client-Owned Cats from Portugal
title_full Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Client-Owned Cats from Portugal
title_fullStr Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Client-Owned Cats from Portugal
title_full_unstemmed Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Client-Owned Cats from Portugal
title_sort Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Client-Owned Cats from Portugal
author Oliveira, Andreia
author_facet Oliveira, Andreia
Pereira, Maria Aires
Mateus, Teresa Letra
Mesquita, João R.
Vala, Helena
author_role author
author2 Pereira, Maria Aires
Mateus, Teresa Letra
Mesquita, João R.
Vala, Helena
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT)
Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM)
Vector borne diseases and pathogens (VBD)
RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Oliveira, Andreia
Pereira, Maria Aires
Mateus, Teresa Letra
Mesquita, João R.
Vala, Helena
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies
COVID-19
household
human–animal interaction
veterinary(all)
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
topic anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies
COVID-19
household
human–animal interaction
veterinary(all)
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
description Funding Information: The participation of T.L.M. was supported by the projects UIDB/CVT/00772/2020 and LA/P/0059/2020, funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). The participation of M.A.P was supported by Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM) under the project UID/04413/2020 and by the Centre for Natural Resources, Environment and Society (CERNAS) through the project UIDB/00681/2020, both founded by FCT, and by the Instituto Politécnico de Viseu (IPV) through the project Biossegurança: um passo firme na melhoria de um futuro incerto. Ref. BiossAPESPCall2. The participation of H.V. was supported by the Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences (CITAB) through the project UIDB/04033/2020 and by CERNAS through the project UIDB/00681/2020, both funded by FCT, and by IPV through the project Biossegurança: um passo firme na melhoria de um futuro incerto. Ref. BiossAPESPCall2. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 by the authors.
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