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Can cats carry the SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) virus?

April 26, 2017acute carry Cats respiratory SARS severe SYNDROME virus

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Can cats carry the SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) virus?

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Although the SARS virus that affects humans is a type of coronavirus, there is absolutely no evidence that this virus can be transmitted between humans and domestic cats. There is some evidence that Civet cats may be involved in the spread of this disease to humans, but these are not actually cats at all (not members of the Felidae family).