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Low SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence and No Active Infections among Dogs and Cats in Animal Shelters with Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 Human Cases among Employees

by
Caitlin M. Cossaboom
1,*,†,
Alexandra M. Medley
1,†,
Jessica R. Spengler
1,
Esther A. Kukielka
1,2,
Grace W. Goryoka
1,
Tiffany Baird
3,
Swity Bhavsar
4,
Stefanie Campbell
1,
Thomas S. Campbell
3,
Daniel Christensen
5,
Jillian A. Condrey
1,
Patrick Dawson
1,
Jeffrey B. Doty
1,
Amanda Feldpausch
3,
Julie Gabel
3,
Dee Jones
6,
Ailam Lim
5,
Christina M. Loiacono
7,
Melinda Jenkins-Moore
7,
Andrea Moore
1,
Clarissa Noureddine
4,
Jorge Ortega
4,
Keith Poulsen
5,
Jane A. Rooney
8,
John Rossow
1,
Karen Sheppard
9,
Emma Sweet
5,
Robyn Stoddard
1,
Rachel M. Tell
7,
Ryan M. Wallace
1,
Carl Williams
10 and
Casey Barton Behravesh
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1
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
2
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
3
Georgia Department of Public Health, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
4
Guilford County Animal Services, Greensboro, NC 27409, USA
5
Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Madison, WI 53706, USA
6
Alabama Department of Public Health, Montgomery, AL 36104, USA
7
United States Department of Agriculture, National Veterinary Services Laboratory, Ames, IA 50010, USA
8
United States Department of Agriculture, Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA
9
Huntsville Animal Services, Huntsville, AL 35805, USA
10
North Carolina Division of Public Health, Raleigh, NC 27699, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
These authors contributed equally to this report.
Academic Editor: Andrew Davidson
Biology 2021, 10(9), 898; https://doi.org/10.3390/biology10090898
Received: 16 August 2021 / Revised: 8 September 2021 / Accepted: 9 September 2021 / Published: 11 September 2021
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We investigated dogs and cats living in four animal shelters in the United States that had been exposed to people with COVID-19 in the shelters. Our objective was to understand if the animals were infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. We found that out of the 96 dogs and cats that we sampled, none had active SARS-CoV-2 infections and only one dog had detectable antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, meaning that it had been exposed to the virus but was not actively infected. This suggests that the risk of humans spreading SARS-CoV-2 to dogs and cats in animal shelter settings is probably low.

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Human-to-animal and animal-to-animal transmission of SARS-CoV-2 has been documented; however, investigations into SARS-CoV-2 transmission in congregate animal settings are lacking. We investigated four animal shelters in the United States that had identified animals with exposure to shelter employees with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19. Of the 96 cats and dogs with specimens collected, only one dog had detectable SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies; no animal specimens had detectable viral RNA. These data indicate a low probability of human-to-animal transmission events in cats and dogs in shelter settings with early implementation of infection prevention interventions. View Full-Text
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; zoonosis; coronavirus; human-to-animal; animal shelter SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; zoonosis; coronavirus; human-to-animal; animal shelter
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Cossaboom, C.M.; Medley, A.M.; Spengler, J.R.; Kukielka, E.A.; Goryoka, G.W.; Baird, T.; Bhavsar, S.; Campbell, S.; Campbell, T.S.; Christensen, D.; Condrey, J.A.; Dawson, P.; Doty, J.B.; Feldpausch, A.; Gabel, J.; Jones, D.; Lim, A.; Loiacono, C.M.; Jenkins-Moore, M.; Moore, A.; Noureddine, C.; Ortega, J.; Poulsen, K.; Rooney, J.A.; Rossow, J.; Sheppard, K.; Sweet, E.; Stoddard, R.; Tell, R.M.; Wallace, R.M.; Williams, C.; Barton Behravesh, C. Low SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence and No Active Infections among Dogs and Cats in Animal Shelters with Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 Human Cases among Employees. Biology 2021, 10, 898. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology10090898

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Cossaboom CM, Medley AM, Spengler JR, Kukielka EA, Goryoka GW, Baird T, Bhavsar S, Campbell S, Campbell TS, Christensen D, Condrey JA, Dawson P, Doty JB, Feldpausch A, Gabel J, Jones D, Lim A, Loiacono CM, Jenkins-Moore M, Moore A, Noureddine C, Ortega J, Poulsen K, Rooney JA, Rossow J, Sheppard K, Sweet E, Stoddard R, Tell RM, Wallace RM, Williams C, Barton Behravesh C. Low SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence and No Active Infections among Dogs and Cats in Animal Shelters with Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 Human Cases among Employees. Biology. 2021; 10(9):898. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology10090898

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Cossaboom, Caitlin M., Alexandra M. Medley, Jessica R. Spengler, Esther A. Kukielka, Grace W. Goryoka, Tiffany Baird, Swity Bhavsar, Stefanie Campbell, Thomas S. Campbell, Daniel Christensen, Jillian A. Condrey, Patrick Dawson, Jeffrey B. Doty, Amanda Feldpausch, Julie Gabel, Dee Jones, Ailam Lim, Christina M. Loiacono, Melinda Jenkins-Moore, Andrea Moore, Clarissa Noureddine, Jorge Ortega, Keith Poulsen, Jane A. Rooney, John Rossow, Karen Sheppard, Emma Sweet, Robyn Stoddard, Rachel M. Tell, Ryan M. Wallace, Carl Williams, and Casey Barton Behravesh. 2021. "Low SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence and No Active Infections among Dogs and Cats in Animal Shelters with Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 Human Cases among Employees" Biology 10, no. 9: 898. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology10090898

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