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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