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Volume 28, Number 6—June 2022
Research

Risk Factors for SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Illness in Cats and Dogs1

Dorothee BienzleComments to Author , Joyce Rousseau, David Marom, Jennifer MacNicol, Linda Jacobson, Stephanie Sparling, Natalie Prystajecky, Erin Fraser, and J. Scott Weese
Author affiliations: Ontario Veterinary College, Guelph, Ontario, Canada (D. Bienzle, J. Rousseau, D. Marom, J. MacNicol, J.S. Weese); Toronto Humane Society, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (L. Jacobson); Toronto Animal Services, Toronto (S. Sparling); BC Centre for Disease Control Public Health Laboratory, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (N. Prystajecky); University of British Columbia, Vancouver (N. Prystajecky); Communicable Disease and Immunization Service, BC Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver (E. Fraser); University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health, Vancouver (E. Fraser)

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Table 3

Association of seropositivity for SARS-CoV-2 in pets with household risk factors and development of new illness, Ontario, Canada*

Variable Dogs, n = 59
 Cats, n = 48
Seropositive Seronegative p value Seropositive Seronegative p value
Multiple pets 9/24 (38) 15/19 (44) 0.79 15/27 (56) 12/19 (63) 0.61
Kissed by owner 13/20 (65) 19/32 (59) 0.69 11/19 (58) 8/18 (44) 0.52
Licked hands/face of owner 16/20 (80) 25/32 (78) 1.00 10/19 (53) 6/18 (33) 0.32
Slept in/on bed 13/20 (65) 19/32 (59) 0.69 17/19 (76) 11/18 (61) 0.06
New respiratory signs 7/23 (30) 4/33 (12) 0.17 8/21 (38) 2/18 (11) 0.07
New clinical signs 11/23 (48) 6/33 (18) 0.018 12/21 (57) 2/18 (11) 0.006

*Seropositivity is defined by IgG, IgM or both against viral S protein. Results were positive if optical density is >6 SD above the mean of negative controls.

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1Preliminary results from this study were presented at the 30th (September 23–25, 2020) and 31st (July 9–12, 2021) European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.

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