Management following the first confirmed case of SARS-CoV-2 in a domestic cat associated with a massive outbreak in South Korea

© 2021 Published by Elsevier B.V..

OBJECTIVES: We analyzed how the virus spreads to local communities, based on the results of an epidemiological investigation of a religious facility in which a large group of patients was infected. Furthermore, we report for the first time in South Korea that a domestic cat was infected with SARS-CoV-2.

METHODS: An epidemiological investigation was conducted to investigate the group outbreak. In addition, to verify cat-cat or cat-human transmission, we monitored whether exposed cats or humans were infected. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) of the viral full-length genome test was conducted on the positive samples from both owners and the cats.

RESULTS: Total number of SARS-CoV-2 cases rose from 78 individuals, who visited a religious facility who were involved in 42 transmitted cases in the community, either through close contact with household members (47.62%) or through a group outbreak (16.67%). We observed an infected cat as well as individuals to which they were exposed. However, neither-further-cat to cat nor cat to human transmission occurred.

CONCLUSIONS: COVID-19 can be transmitted from humans to animals under certain conditions. Therefore, monitoring and studying the transmission of COVID-19, a novel infectious disease, between humans and animals is necessary through the One Health approach.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 13(2021) vom: 31. Dez., Seite 100328

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Han, Taewon [VerfasserIn]
Ryu, Boyeong [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Suyeon [VerfasserIn]
Song, Yugyeong [VerfasserIn]
Jeong, Yoongje [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Ilhwan [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Jeongmin [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Eunjin [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Wonjun [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Hyunju [VerfasserIn]
Hwang, Haekyoung [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Animal transmission
COVID-19
Community
Journal Article
Review
SARS-CoV-2

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Date Revised 26.04.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.onehlt.2021.100328

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM330908790