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Cats susceptible to and potential reservoirs for novel coronavirus – News-Medical.Net
The study published on the preprint server bioRxiv in August 2020 shows that this is indeed taking place, with pet cats being infected and passing on the infection to contacts. It also offers the chance to see how the disease progresses in a susceptible host.
During the 2002-2004 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-1) outbreak, cats living with patients were found to be infected and to transmit the virus. With the current COVID-19 pandemic caused by the similar severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), researchers from Kansas State University, Louisiana State University, and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have been looking into the possibility that the virus is also transmitted by domestic pets, es…
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