For the first time in the United States:
In the state of Arizona, a man was reported to have fallen ill in Corona after not getting vaccinated and infecting his two pets - a dog and a cat.
The case was documented in a study published in early November this year by researchers at the TGen Genetic Flooring Research Institute with a 28-year-old degree infected with the virus, after he and the rest of his family were not vaccinated and did not protect their animals from infection. In practice the young man became infected and developed symptoms of the disease, later he underwent a coronary examination and was found to be positive. A few days later it turned out that both his dog and cat were found positive for Corona, even though the animals were asymptomatic.
After the researchers genetically engineered the virus, it turned out to be a relatively rare mutation of the virus, which was exactly the same between the owner and his pets, and so it became clear unequivocally that they were infected.
The researchers ruled out infection from another factor because the animals did not come in contact with a stranger and almost never left the house, so most likely the person who infected them was the owner.
This is the first case of its kind in the United States in which a person infects his two pets. The researchers noted that this is a prominent example of the speed at which the virus spreads around the world, as it skips from breed to breed.
Researcher Dr. Haley Yaglom, an epidemiologist at the Flagstaff Genetics Institute in Arizona who led the study, said that "we had information about human-to-animal transmission during the 18-month outbreak, but for us this is the first case we've seen in the U.S. There was, of course, evidence and previous evidence. "But what is special here is the fact that it is clear that this is about the owner's infecting the pets."
The researcher further noted: "I must point out that according to the information we have, pets that get the virus from their owners usually get sick easily. Dogs do not show symptoms at all and in cats a serious illness can develop but it is rare."
The researchers called on pet owners to get vaccinated for their animal health as well and in case they got sick, wear gloves and a mask at any animal care.