Getting more complicated by the day!
It is still in the "might be", farther testing is required per the article.
@Jetty They edited from the bottom as is customary in print media, the last paragraph states:
"To prove definitively that the cat was infected with SARS-CoV-2, scientists will need a blood test to look for antibodies specific to this virus, Van Gucht said. Those tests will happen once the cat is no longer under quarantine."
I understand dogs can get this, too. So does this mean we can pass this back and forth? An extra way to spread it around?
So far the only fully confirmed cases have been human to domestic animal, not the other way around.
The same article said that there were two dogs that tested positive for this in Hong Kong.
@glennlab Well...it did initiate from bats...
@EyesThatSmile Most inter species infecton vectors are one way. The mutations necessary to make the jump normally close the door to jump back. The virus uses RNA from its host to replicate which makes it more species specific the longer it stays in that species.
@glennlab Thanks. Very interesting. (Yes, I am somewhat medically challenged.)
@EyesThatSmile We all are.
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