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Epifanio, Ivyson da Silva; Rodrigues, Davi Dos Santos; de Lima, Leonardo Borges; Nogueira, Maria Aurea de Azevedo; Felix, Laelia Reginae do Monte Pessoa; de Almeida, Barbara Ferreira; Farias, Claudia Kathariny da Silva; de Carvalho, Otavio Valerio; Maia, Rita de Cassia Carvalho; Ristow, Luiz Eduardo; Barbosa, David Soeiro; Galhardo, Juliana Arena; Pettan-Brewer, Christina; Kmetiuk, Louise Bach; Agopian, Rafael Garabet; Dutra, Valeria; de Morais, Helio Autran; Dos Santos, Andrea Pires; Biondo, Alexander Welker; Brandespim, Daniel Friguglietti
Veterinary World, 10/2021, Volume: 14, Issue: 10Journal Article
Despite worldwide case reports, including Brazilian cases, no frequency study on infection of pets by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been conducted to date in Brazil. Accordingly, the present study was aimed to assess dogs and cats belonging to positive owners in Recife, Northeastern Brazil. This was a longitudinal prospective study on dogs and cats in the city of Recife whose owners were in isolation at home due to a confirmed laboratory diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 through reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). Oral and rectal swabs from the pets were tested for the presence of SARS-CoV-2-specific RNA by means of RT-qPCR. Among the pets tested, 0/16 dogs and 2/15 cats were positive for SARS-CoV-2. Interestingly, the two positive cats were owned by two unrelated asymptomatic veterinary students, which, therefore, post a warning to veterinarians worldwide. The findings herein indicate that cats may act as sentinels for human cases, particularly sharing households with asymptomatic human cases. Although with small sampling and convenient recruiting, the presence of infected cats by SARS-CoV-2 was most likely due to close cat-human contact with positive owners, posting a human-animal health threat when pets share the same bed and interact with owners without protection, particularly during owner self-isolation. Thus, infected owners should follow the same human preventive guidelines with their pets to avoid spreading infection.
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