Emerging Infectious Diseases (Feb 2024)

SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Beaver Farm, Mongolia, 2021

  • Taichiro Takemura,
  • Ulaankhuu Ankhanbaatar,
  • Tirumala Bharani K. Settypalli,
  • Dulam Purevtseren,
  • Gansukh Shura,
  • Batchuluun Damdinjav,
  • Hatem Ouled Ahmed Ben Ali,
  • William G Dundon,
  • Giovanni Cattoli,
  • Charles E. Lamien

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3002.231318
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 30, no. 2
pp. 391 – 394

Abstract

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We report an outbreak of COVID-19 in a beaver farm in Mongolia in 2021. Genomic characterization revealed a unique combination of mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 of the infected beavers. Based on these findings, increased surveillance of farmed beavers should be encouraged.

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