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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 4

Characteristics of 221 cats at a neuter clinic tested for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 serum antibodies and univariable analysis results, Ontario, Canada

Characteristic Seropositive, no. (%) p value
Categorical age 0.12
Kitten 2/32 (6.3)
Adult
 27/152 (18)
Sex 1.0
M 16/106 (15)
F 12/78 (15)
Not reported
 7/37 (19)
Animal source 0.01
Household pet 7/93 (8)
Shelter/rescue/foster 23/102 (23)
Feral
 5/26 (19)
Exposure to person with COVID 0.59
Yes 2/13 (15)
No 6/90 (6.7)
Unknown or declined to answer 27/118 (23)

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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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