Natural SARS-CoV- 2 infection in domestic cats and dogs of humans diagnosed with COVID-19 in Valle de Aburrá, Antioquia
Abstract
Introduction: The severe acute respiratory syndrome caused by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is the cause of the health emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Although humans are the main susceptible host, experimental studies and reported cases of natural infection have evidenced scenarios of SARS-CoV-2 reverse zoonosis in animals.
Objective: To evaluate the natural infection of SARS-CoV-2 in cats and dogs with owners diagnosed with COVID-19 in the Valle de Aburrá subregion in Antioquia, Colombia.
Materials and methods. The circulation of SARS-CoV-2 was evaluated by RT-qPCR and RT-PCR in samples of nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal smears from cats and dogs whose owners presented latent COVID-19 infection. Positive cases were verified through amplification of N, E and RdRp gene fragments; with the latter being sequenced and the phylogenetically analyzed
Results. From 80 tested animals, 6 cats and 3 dogs resulted positive for natural SARSCoV-2 infection. These animals did not show any clinical signs; and their infected owners only reported mild signs of COVID-19, without clinical complications. Regarding analysis of one of the sequences, a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) was found, with a substitution in position 647, resulting in the change of the amino acid serine (S) for isoleucine (I). The cases occurred in the municipalities of Caldas, Medellín and Envigado.
Conclusions. It is inferred that natural infection in cats and dogs is associated with direct contact with a positive COVID-19 patient.
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