Active surveillance of cats and dogs from households with human COVID-19 cases reveals over one quarter of pets infected with SARS-CoV-2 in 2020-2021 in Texas, United States
Alex Pauvolid‐Corrêa, Edward Davila, Lisa D. Auckland, Italo B. Zecca, Rachel E. Busselman, Wendy Tang, Christopher M. Roundy, Mary Lea Killian, Mia Kim Torchetti, Melinda Jenkins-Moore, Suelee Robbe‐Austerman, Kristina Lantz, Katherine Mozingo, Rachel M. Tell, Ailam Lim, , Sarah A. Hamer
The paper surveys pets in households with human COVID-19 cases and finds 29% of pets tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, with cats more frequently infected than dogs.
One Health · Mar 3, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology