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

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dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Andreia
dc.contributor.authorPereira, Maria Aires
dc.contributor.authorMateus, Teresa Letra
dc.contributor.authorMesquita, João R.
dc.contributor.authorVala, Helena
dc.contributor.institutionInstituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT)
dc.contributor.institutionGlobal Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM)
dc.contributor.institutionVector borne diseases and pathogens (VBD)
dc.contributor.pblMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-02T22:10:20Z
dc.date.available2022-11-02T22:10:20Z
dc.date.issued2022-07
dc.descriptionFunding 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.
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en
dc.description.versionpublishersversion
dc.description.versionpublished
dc.format.extent1359099
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/vetsci9070363
dc.identifier.issn2306-7381
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 46705542
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 4f750124-45a4-4336-9824-00499256a255
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 85135619818
dc.identifier.otherPubMed: 35878380
dc.identifier.otherPubMedCentral: PMC9315516
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/145165
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85135619818
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.subjectanti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjecthousehold
dc.subjecthuman–animal interaction
dc.subjectGeneral Veterinary
dc.subjectSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
dc.titleSeroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Client-Owned Cats from Portugalen
dc.typejournal article
degois.publication.issue7
degois.publication.titleVeterinary Sciences
degois.publication.volume9
dspace.entity.typePublication
rcaap.rightsopenAccess

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