Prolonged SARS-CoV-2 RNA Shedding from Therapy Cat after Cluster Outbreak in Retirement Home
2021
Schulz, Claudia | Wylezich, Claudia | Wernike, Kerstin | Gründl, Magdalena | Dangel, Alexandra | Baechlein, Christine | Hoffmann, Donata | Röhrs, Susanne | Hepner, Sabrina | Ackermann, Nikolaus | Sing, Andreas | Pink, Isabelle | Länger, Beate | Volk, Holger A. | Becher, Paul | Sutter, Gerd | Neubauer-Juric, Antonie | von Köckritz-Blickwede, Maren | Beer, Martin | Volz, Asisa
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 human infections on site.
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Издатель Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
ISSN 1080-6059 | 1080-6040Эту запись предоставил Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut