Prolonged SARS-CoV-2 RNA Shedding from Therapy Cat after Cluster Outbreak in Retirement Home

Prolonged SARS-CoV-2 RNA Shedding from Therapy Cat after Cluster Outbreak in Retirement Home

We report a therapy cat in a nursing home in Germany infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 during a cluster outbreak in the home residents. Although we confirmed prolonged presence of virus RNA in the asymptomatic cat, genome sequencing showed no further role of the cat in h...

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Main Authors: Claudia Schulz, Claudia Wylezich, Kerstin Wernike, Magdalena Gründl, Alexandra Dangel, Christine Baechlein, Donata Hoffmann, Susanne Röhrs, Sabrina Hepner, Nikolaus Ackermann, Andreas Sing, Isabelle Pink, Beate Länger, Holger A. Volk, Paul Becher, Gerd Sutter, Antonie Neubauer-Juric, Maren von Köckritz-Blickwede, Martin Beer, Asisa Volz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
SARS-CoV-2
coronaviruses
viruses
coronavirus disease
COVID-19
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/7/20-4670_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/7/20-4670_article

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