Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 infection in dogs and cats of humans diagnosed with COVID-19 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Guilherme Amaral Calvet; Sandro Antonio Pereira; Maria Ogrzewalska; Alex Pauvolid-Corrêa; Paola Cristina Resende; Wagner de Souza Tassinari; Anielle de Pina Costa; Lucas Oliveira Keidel; Alice Sampaio Barreto da Rocha; Michele Fernanda Borges da Silva; Shanna Araujo dos Santos; Ana Beatriz Machado Lima; Isabella Campos Vargas de Moraes; Artur Augusto Velho Mendes Junior; Thiago das Chagas Souza; Ezequias Batista Martins; Renato Orsini Ornellas; Maria Lopes Corrêa; Isabela Maria da Silva Antonio; Lusiele Guaraldo; Fernando do Couto Motta; Patrícia Brasil; Marilda Mendonça Siqueira; Isabella Dib Ferreira Gremião; Rodrigo Caldas Menezes

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0250853

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Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 infection in dogs and cats of humans diagnosed with COVID-19 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Guilherme Amaral Calvet ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Guilherme Amaral Calvet, Sandro Antonio Pereira, Maria Ogrzewalska

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: guilherme.calvet@ini.fiocruz.br

Affiliation Acute Febrile Illnesses Laboratory, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3545-5238

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Sandro Antonio Pereira ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Guilherme Amaral Calvet, Sandro Antonio Pereira, Maria Ogrzewalska

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Research on Dermatozoonoses in Domestic Animals, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Maria Ogrzewalska ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Guilherme Amaral Calvet, Sandro Antonio Pereira, Maria Ogrzewalska

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Respiratory Viruses and Measles, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Alex Pauvolid-Corrêa,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Laboratory of Respiratory Viruses and Measles, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, SARS-CoV-2 National Reference Laboratory for the Brazilian Ministry of Health and Regional Reference Laboratory in Americas for the Pan-American Health Organization, Brazil, Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6924-157X

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Paola Cristina Resende,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Laboratory of Respiratory Viruses and Measles, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, SARS-CoV-2 National Reference Laboratory for the Brazilian Ministry of Health and Regional Reference Laboratory in Americas for the Pan-American Health Organization, Brazil
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Wagner de Souza Tassinari,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mathematics Department, Exact Sciences Institute, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Anielle de Pina Costa,

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Acute Febrile Illnesses Laboratory, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Lucas Oliveira Keidel,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Research on Dermatozoonoses in Domestic Animals, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Alice Sampaio Barreto da Rocha,

Roles Investigation, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Laboratory of Respiratory Viruses and Measles, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, SARS-CoV-2 National Reference Laboratory for the Brazilian Ministry of Health and Regional Reference Laboratory in Americas for the Pan-American Health Organization, Brazil
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Michele Fernanda Borges da Silva,

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Acute Febrile Illnesses Laboratory, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Shanna Araujo dos Santos,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Research on Dermatozoonoses in Domestic Animals, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Ana Beatriz Machado Lima,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Laboratory of Respiratory Viruses and Measles, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, SARS-CoV-2 National Reference Laboratory for the Brazilian Ministry of Health and Regional Reference Laboratory in Americas for the Pan-American Health Organization, Brazil
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Isabella Campos Vargas de Moraes,

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Acute Febrile Illnesses Laboratory, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Artur Augusto Velho Mendes Junior,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Research on Dermatozoonoses in Domestic Animals, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Thiago das Chagas Souza,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Laboratory of Respiratory Viruses and Measles, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, SARS-CoV-2 National Reference Laboratory for the Brazilian Ministry of Health and Regional Reference Laboratory in Americas for the Pan-American Health Organization, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9796-1494

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Ezequias Batista Martins,

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Acute Febrile Illnesses Laboratory, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Renato Orsini Ornellas,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Research on Dermatozoonoses in Domestic Animals, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Maria Lopes Corrêa,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Research on Dermatozoonoses in Domestic Animals, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Isabela Maria da Silva Antonio,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Research on Dermatozoonoses in Domestic Animals, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7436-6123

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Lusiele Guaraldo,

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Acute Febrile Illnesses Laboratory, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Fernando do Couto Motta,

Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Laboratory of Respiratory Viruses and Measles, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, SARS-CoV-2 National Reference Laboratory for the Brazilian Ministry of Health and Regional Reference Laboratory in Americas for the Pan-American Health Organization, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4272-4325

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Patrícia Brasil,

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Acute Febrile Illnesses Laboratory, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9555-7976

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Marilda Mendonça Siqueira ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Laboratory of Respiratory Viruses and Measles, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, SARS-CoV-2 National Reference Laboratory for the Brazilian Ministry of Health and Regional Reference Laboratory in Americas for the Pan-American Health Organization, Brazil
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Isabella Dib Ferreira Gremião ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Research on Dermatozoonoses in Domestic Animals, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Rodrigo Caldas Menezes

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Research on Dermatozoonoses in Domestic Animals, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 infection in dogs and cats of humans diagnosed with COVID-19 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Guilherme Amaral Calvet,
Sandro Antonio Pereira,
Maria Ogrzewalska,
Alex Pauvolid-Corrêa,
Paola Cristina Resende,
Wagner de Souza Tassinari,
Anielle de Pina Costa,
Lucas Oliveira Keidel,
Alice Sampaio Barreto da Rocha,
Michele Fernanda Borges da Silva

Published: April 28, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250853

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