Suspected Cat-to-Human Transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Thailand, July–September 2021

作者：Thanit Sila, Jutapoln Sunghan, Wison Laochareonsuk, Smonrapat Surasombatpattana, Chanon Kongkamol, Thammasin Ingviya, Pisud Siripaitoon, Narongdet Kositpantawong, Siripen Kanchanasuwan, Thanaporn Hortiwakul, Boonsri Charernmak, Ozioma Forstinus Nwabor, Kachornsakdi Silpapojakul, Sarunyou Chusri · 发表于：Emerging infectious diseases · 年份：2022 · DOI：10.3201/eid2807.212605 · 被引用次数：161 · 研究领域：SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research、SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing、Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

OVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2, has been sus-pected to be a zoonosis because of its link to a live animal market in Wuhan, China (1).In addition, several countries in the Americas, Africa, Europe, and Asia have reported the occurrence of COVID-19 in various animal species, including minks, cats, dogs, lions, and tigers (2).However, most of these infections primarily originated from humans and were transmitted to the animal (i.e., reverse zoonosis), with numerous reports in domestic cats (2,3).A recent report describes a possible animal-to-human transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from infected farm minks to farmworkers in the Netherlands (4).We describe a suspected zoonotic SARS-CoV-2 transmission from a cat to a human. Case ReportDuring July-September 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic was shifting from the Alpha variant to the Delta variant.On August 15, 2021, in Songkhla, a business province in southern Thailand, patient A, a 32-year-old previously healthy female veterinarian who lived alone in a dormitory on campus visited the hospital of Prince of Songkla University, located in Hatyai District, Songkhla Province, with a history of fever, clear nasal discharge, and productive cough of 2 days' duration.Results of a physical examination, including a chest radiograph, were otherwise unremarkable.When questioned about her history, she said that 5 days earlier, she and 2 other veterinarians (patients E and F) had examined a cat belonging to 2 men (patients B and C).Patients B and C, a 32-and 6...