Long‐term persistence of neutralizing SARS‐CoV‐2 antibodies in pets

Nicola Decaro, Andrea Grassi, Eleonora Lorusso, Ian Patterson, Alessio Lorusso, Costantina Desario, Enya Anderson, Violetta Vasinioti, Christida Wastika, Grant Hughes, Fabrizia Valleriani, Barbara Colitti, Dominga Ricci, Domenico Buonavoglia, Sergio Rosati, Nicola Cavaliere, Saverio Paltrinieri, Stefania Lauzi, Gabriella Elia, Canio Buonavoglia

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Abstract

We monitored the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 antibody response in seven dogs and two cats by using two multispecies ELISA tests, plaque reduction neutralisation test and virus neutralization. SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies in pets persisted up to 10 months since the first positive testing, thus replicating observations in COVID-19 human patients.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3073-3076
Number of pages4
JournalTransboundary and Emerging Diseases
Volume69
Issue number5
Early online date1 Sept 2021
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 1 Sept 2021

Keywords

  • cat
  • dog
  • ELISA
  • long-term persistence
  • plaque reduction neutralization test
  • SARS-CoV-2 antibodies
  • virus neutralization

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