Do pets protect their owners in the COVID-19 era?

Med Hypotheses. 2020 Sep:142:109831. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109831. Epub 2020 May 12.

Authors

Jan Jurgiel¹, Krzysztof J Filipiak², Łukasz Szarpak³, Miłosz Jaguszewski⁴, Jacek Smereka⁵, Tomasz Dzieciątkowski⁶

Affiliations

¹ Wroclaw Medical University, Poland; Erasmus+ Exchange Student at Nova Medical University, Lisbon, Portugal.
² First Chair and Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland. Electronic address: krzysztof.filipiak@wum.edu.pl.
³ Lazarski Univeristy, Warsaw, Poland, Polish Society of Disaster Medicine, Warsaw, Poland.
⁴ First Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland.
⁵ Department of Emergency Medical Service, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland.
⁶ Chair and Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Betacoronavirus* / immunology
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections / immunology
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control*
Coronavirus Infections / veterinary
Coronavirus, Canine / immunology
Cross Reactions
Dog Diseases / epidemiology
Dog Diseases / immunology
Dog Diseases / virology
Dogs
Humans
Models, Immunological
Pandemics / prevention & control*
Pets / immunology
Pets / virology*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral / immunology
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*
SARS-CoV-2
Species Specificity
Zoonoses / epidemiology
Zoonoses / immunology
Zoonoses / virology