A dog in France has tested positive for the monkeypox virus.
The greyhound’s owners had the virus, and the dog “began exhibiting symptoms 12 days after they did,” The Hill reports. They dog’s symptoms included lesions on the abdomen.
The case is suspected to be the first known case of human-to-dog transmission, CBS News reports.
The case was reported in the the The Lancet, a medical journal. The authors wrote that their findings “should prompt debate on the need to isolate pets from monkeypox virus-positive individuals.”
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stated that animals can spread monkeypox virus to humans and that “it is possible that people who are infected can spread Monkeypox virus to animals through close contact.”
