Possible human-to-dog transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Italy, 2020

Nicola Decaro; Gabriele Vaccari; Alessio Lorusso; Eleonora Lorusso; Luca de Sabato; Ian Patterson; Ilaria Di Bartolo; Grant Hughes; Liana Teodori; Costantina Desario; Barbara Colitti; Dominga Ricci; Domenico Buonavoglia; Sergio Rosati; Vito Martella; Cesare Cammà; Umberto Agrimi; Gabriella Elia

doi:10.3201/eid2707.204959

Possible human-to-dog transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Italy, 2020

Nicola Decaro
, Gabriele Vaccari
, Alessio Lorusso
, Eleonora Lorusso
, Luca de Sabato
, Ian Patterson
, Ilaria Di Bartolo
, Grant Hughes
, Liana Teodori
, Costantina Desario
, Barbara Colitti
, Dominga Ricci
, Domenico Buonavoglia
, Sergio Rosati
, Vito Martella
, Cesare Cammà
, Umberto Agrimi
, Gabriella Elia

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Abstract

We detected severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in an otherwise healthy poodle living with 4 family members who had coronavirus disease. We observed antibodies in serum samples taken from the dog, indicating seroconversion. Full-length genome sequencing showed that the canine and human viruses were identical, suggesting human-to-animal transmission.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1981-1984
Number of pages	4
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	27
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2707.204959
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2021

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Decaro, N., Vaccari, G., Lorusso, A., Lorusso, E., de Sabato, L., Patterson, I., Di Bartolo, I., Hughes, G., Teodori, L., Desario, C., Colitti, B., Ricci, D., Buonavoglia, D., Rosati, S., Martella, V., Cammà, C., Agrimi, U., & Elia, G. (2021). Possible human-to-dog transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Italy, 2020. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 27(7), 1981-1984. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2707.204959

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