TY - JOUR AU - Colitti, Barbara AU - Bertolotti, Luigi AU - Mannelli, Alessandro AU - Ferrara, Gianmarco AU - Vercelli, Andrea AU - Grassi, Andrea AU - Trentin, Claudio AU - Paltrinieri, Saverio AU - Nogarol, Chiara AU - Decaro, Nicola AU - Brocchi, Emiliana AU - Rosati, Sergio T1 - Cross-Sectional Serosurvey of Companion Animals Housed with SARS-CoV-2–Infected Owners, Italy T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2021 VL - 27 IS - 7 SP - 1919 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We conducted a serologic survey among dogs and cats in Italy to detect antibodies against severe acute respiratory syndrome virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We found that SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence was higher among cats (16.2%) than dogs (2.3%). In addition, seroprevalence was higher among animals living in close contact with SARS-CoV-2–positive owners. KW - respiratory infections KW - severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - SARS KW - COVID-19 KW - coronavirus disease KW - zoonoses KW - viruses KW - coronavirus KW - cats KW - dogs KW - One Health DO - 10.3201/eid2707.203314 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/7/20-3314_article ER - End of Reference