Cross-Sectional Serosurvey of Companion Animals Housed with SARS-CoV-2-Infected Owners, Italy

Barbara Colitti, Luigi Bertolotti, Alessandro Mannelli, Gianmarco Ferrara, Andrea Vercelli, Andrea Grassi, Claudio Trentin, Saverio Paltrinieri, Chiara Nogarol, Nicola Decaro, Emiliana Brocchi, Sergio Rosati
2021 Emerging Infectious Diseases  
We conducted a serologic survey among dogs and cats in Italy to detect antibodies against severe acute respiratory syndrome virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We found that SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence was higher among cats (16.2%) than dogs (2.3%). In addition, seroprevalence was higher among animals living in close contact with SARS-CoV-2-positive owners.
doi:10.3201/eid2707.203314 pmid:33974535 fatcat:ju3jqfjms5h5xde673hekfihoa