Emerging Infectious Diseases (Feb 2021)

SARS-CoV-2 Transmission between Mink (Neovison vison) and Humans, Denmark

  • Anne Sofie Hammer,
  • Michelle Lauge Quaade,
  • Thomas Bruun Rasmussen,
  • Jannik Fonager,
  • Morten Rasmussen,
  • Karin Mundbjerg,
  • Louise Lohse,
  • Bertel Strandbygaard,
  • Charlotte Sværke Jørgensen,
  • Alonzo Alfaro-Núñez,
  • Maiken Worsøe Rosenstierne,
  • Anette Boklund,
  • Tariq Halasa,
  • Anders Fomsgaard,
  • Graham J. Belsham,
  • Anette Bøtner

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2702.203794
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 2
pp. 547 – 551

Abstract

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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 has caused a pandemic in humans. Farmed mink (Neovison vison) are also susceptible. In Denmark, this virus has spread rapidly among farmed mink, resulting in some respiratory disease. Full-length virus genome sequencing revealed novel virus variants in mink. These variants subsequently appeared within the local human community.

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