The relationship between getting COVID-19 infection and feeding pet at home in health care professionals
Abstract
Aim:
It is thought that after being infected with COVID-19, we have infected our pets and then they infected other people who contacted with them. In this study, we tried to understand the relationship of these animals with being infected by questioning the cat or dog feeding status at the home of our employees who actively serve in hospital during the outbreak.
Methods:
383 health care Professionals working actively at Maltepe University Faculty of Medicine Hospital between March 2020-June 2020 were questioned considering their pet feding status at home.
Results:
While only 4.7% of our 64 employees, who feed animals at home, are infected with the virus, 8.8% of our 319 employees, who don’t feed, are infected during the pandemic period, but the difference wasn’t statistically significant (p = 0.14). Odd’s Ratio was 0.51 (95% Cl 0.15-1.73) in terms of passing COVID-19 in animal owners.
Conclusions:
Relatively being less infected of cat and dog-feeders can be attributed to being sensitized from othe rcoronavirus groups previously found in domestic animals. Increasing the number of sample may cause determining statistically significant cause-effect relationship.
References
- Gönültaş S, Karabağlı M, Baştuğ Y, et al. COVID-19 and animals: What do we know? Turkish Journal of Urology DOI: 10.5152/tud.2020.140520.
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- Zhang Q, Zhang H, Huang K, et al. SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Serum Antibodies in Cats: a Serological Investigation
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- Segalés J, Puig M,Rodon J, Carlos,et al. Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in a cat owned by a COVID-19−affected patient in Spain.
- Temmam S, Barbarino A, Maso D, et al. Absence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in cats and dogs in close contact with a cluster of COVID-19 patients in a veterinary campus.
- Almendros A. Can campanion animals becomeinfected with Covid-19. VET RECORD. 28 March 2020 doi: 10.1136/vr.m1194
Abstract
Amaç:
Bizlerin COVİD-19 ile enfekte olmamızın ardından kedi ve köpeklerimize enfeksiyonu bulaştırdığımız, sonrasında da onlarla temas eden diğer insanlara hastalığı bulaştırdıkları düşünülmektedir. Çalışmamızda pandemi sürecinde hastanemizde hizmet veren çalışanlarımızın kedi veya köpek besleme durumunu sorgulayarak enfeksiyonu geçirmemizde evcil hayvanların rolünün olup olmadığını anlamaya çalıştık.
Materyal ve Metodlar:
Mart 2020- Haziran 2020 tarihleri arasında Maltepe Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Hastanesinde aktif olarak çalışan 383 sağlık personeli evlerinde evcil hayvan besleme durumları göz önüne alınarak sorgulanmıştır.
Bulgular:
Çalışanlarımızdan evde hayvan besleyen 64 çalışanımızın sadece %4,7’si virüsle enfekte olurken, hayvan beslemeyen 319 çalışanımızın %8,8’i pandemi döneminde enfekte olmuştur, fakat aradaki fark istatistiki olarak anlamlı çıkmamıştır (p=0,14). Hayvan sahibi olanlarda COVİD-19 geçirme açısından Odd’sRatio 0.51 (%95 Cl 0.15-1.73) olarak saptanmıştır.
Sonuç:
Kedi, köpek besleyenlerin göreceli olarak daha az enfekte olması, daha önceden evcil hayvanlarda bulunan diğer coronavirüs gruplarından duyarlanmış olunmasına bağlanabilir. Örneklem sayısının arttırılması istatistiksel olarak anlamlı neden-sonuç ilişkisinin saptanmasına neden olabilir.
References
- Gönültaş S, Karabağlı M, Baştuğ Y, et al. COVID-19 and animals: What do we know? Turkish Journal of Urology DOI: 10.5152/tud.2020.140520.
- Su S, Wong G, Shi W, Liu J, Lai ACK, Zhou J, et al. Epidemiology, Genetic Recombination, and Pathogenesis of Coronaviruses. TrendsMicrobiol 2016;24:490-502.
- Akın İleri H. Türkiye’ de Evcil Kedilerde Feline Coronavirüs Enfeksiyonlarının Epidemiyolojisi ve Moleküler Karakterizasyonu. 2013
- https://www.turkiyeklinikleri.com/article/en-on-soz-89240.html
- N.M.A. Perry. COVID-19 andpets: When Pandemic meets panic. Forensic Science International: Reports 2 (2020) 100090. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsir.2020.100090.
- Shi J, Wen Z, Zhong G, et al. Susceptibility of ferrets, cats, dogs, and other domesticated animals to SARS-coronavirus 2. Science 2020 April 8.
- Zhang Q, Zhang H, Huang K, et al. SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Serum Antibodies in Cats: a Serological Investigation
- World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH): Questions and Answers on the 2019 Coronavirus Disease (COVID 19). https://www. oie.int/en/scientific-expertise/specific-information-and-recommendations/questions-and-answers-on-2019novel-coronavirus/. Erişim tarihi 10 Aralık 2020.
- Segalés J, Puig M,Rodon J, Carlos,et al. Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in a cat owned by a COVID-19−affected patient in Spain.
- Temmam S, Barbarino A, Maso D, et al. Absence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in cats and dogs in close contact with a cluster of COVID-19 patients in a veterinary campus.
- Almendros A. Can campanion animals becomeinfected with Covid-19. VET RECORD. 28 March 2020 doi: 10.1136/vr.m1194
Details
| Primary Language | Turkish |
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| Subjects | Clinical Sciences |
| Journal Section | Research Article |
| Authors | |
| Publication Date | December 31, 2020 |
| Submission Date | December 16, 2020 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2020 Volume: 12 Issue: 3 |
