Krafft E., Denolly S., Boson B., Angelloz-Pessey S., Levaltier S., Nesi N., Corbet S., Leterrier B., Fritz Matthieu, Leroy Eric, Gouilh M. A., Cosset F. L., Kodjo A., Legros V. (2021). Report of one-year prospective surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in dogs and cats in France with various exposure risks : confirmation of a low prevalence of shedding, detection and complete sequencing of an Alpha variant in a cat. Viruses, 13 (9), p. 1759 [12 p.].
Titre du document
Report of one-year prospective surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in dogs and cats in France with various exposure risks : confirmation of a low prevalence of shedding, detection and complete sequencing of an Alpha variant in a cat
Année de publication
2021
Auteurs
Krafft E., Denolly S., Boson B., Angelloz-Pessey S., Levaltier S., Nesi N., Corbet S., Leterrier B., Fritz Matthieu, Leroy Eric, Gouilh M. A., Cosset F. L., Kodjo A., Legros V.
Source
Viruses, 2021,
13 (9), p. 1759 [12 p.]
Despite the probable zoonotic origin of SARS-CoV-2, only limited research efforts have been made to understand the role of companion animals in SARS-CoV-2 epidemiology. According to recent serological prevalence studies, human-to-companion animal transmission is quite frequent, which led us to consider that the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission from animal to human, albeit negligible in the present context, may have been underestimated. In this study, we provide the results of a prospective survey that was conducted to evaluate the SARS-CoV-2 isolation rate by qRT-PCR in dogs and cats with different exposure risks and clinical statuses. From April 2020 to April 2021, we analyzed 367 samples and investigated the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA using qRT-PCR. Only four animals tested positive, all of them being cats. Three cats were asymptomatic and one presented a coryza-like syndrome. We describe in detail the infection in two cats and the associated clinical characteristics. Importantly, we obtained SARS-CoV-2 genomes from one infected animal and characterized them as Alpha variants. This represents the first identification of the SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant in an infected animal in France.
Plan de classement
Entomologie médicale / Parasitologie / Virologie [052]
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Sciences du monde animal [080]
Description Géographique
FRANCE
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F B010083191]
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010083191
