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Study of the potential impact of COVID19 on pets and lynxes.

  • Funded by National Institute of Health Carlos III [El Instituto de Salud Carlos III] (ISCIII)
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Grant number: COV20_01385

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Funder

    National Institute of Health Carlos III [El Instituto de Salud Carlos III] (ISCIII)

  • Principal Investigator

    José Manuel Sánchez Vizcaino-Rodríguez

  • Research Location

    Spain

  • Lead Research Institution

    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Animal and environmental research and research on diseases vectors

  • Research Subcategory

    Animal source and routes of transmission

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

A consortium with great experience in sanitary surveillance and control has been created and designed a wide sampling of domestic animals (dogs, cats, ferrets) and wild animals (lynxes), some with epidemiological and clinical information and the possibility of follow-up, in 5 CCAA that represent 75% of human cases of COVID19 in Spain. The samples (saliva, serum, respiratory and rectal swabs and special skin sponges) and the epidemiological survey will be collected by the established veterinary network. They will be analyzed in VISAVET (BSL3) by means of an ELISA for antibodies against COVID19, RT-qPCR, isolation, viral and immunological characterization and differential diagnosis. Likewise, experimental infections will be carried out to assess the infection and viral spread in cats. This project will make it possible to know the presence or not of COVID19-positive animals and their potential reservoir mechanisms and viral release.