SARS-CoV-2 serosurvey of healthy, privately owned cats presenting to a New York City animal hospital in the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2021)
Annette Choi, Alison E. Stout, Alicia Rollins, Kally Wang, Qinghua Guo, Javier A. Jaimes, Monica Kennedy, Bettina Wagner, Gary R. Whittaker
This study reports a serosurvey of cats in New York City during the early pandemic, finding 16% seropositive for SARS-CoV-2 with higher prevalence in fall 2020 and evidence of human-cat transmission.
IJID One Health · Sep 17, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology