Nature Communications (Nov 2021)
Adaptation, spread and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in farmed minks and associated humans in the Netherlands
- Lu Lu,
- Reina S. Sikkema,
- Francisca C. Velkers,
- David F. Nieuwenhuijse,
- Egil A. J. Fischer,
- Paola A. Meijer,
- Noortje Bouwmeester-Vincken,
- Ariene Rietveld,
- Marjolijn C. A. Wegdam-Blans,
- Paulien Tolsma,
- Marco Koppelman,
- Lidwien A. M. Smit,
- Renate W. Hakze-van der Honing,
- Wim H. M. van der Poel,
- Arco N. van der Spek,
- Marcel A. H. Spierenburg,
- Robert Jan Molenaar,
- Jan de Rond,
- Marieke Augustijn,
- Mark Woolhouse,
- J. Arjan Stegeman,
- Samantha Lycett,
- Bas B. Oude Munnink,
- Marion P. G. Koopmans
Affiliations
- Lu Lu
- Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh
- Reina S. Sikkema
- Erasmus MC, Department of Viroscience, WHO Collaborating Centre
- Francisca C. Velkers
- Department Population Health Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University
- David F. Nieuwenhuijse
- Erasmus MC, Department of Viroscience, WHO Collaborating Centre
- Egil A. J. Fischer
- Department Population Health Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University
- Paola A. Meijer
- Department Population Health Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University
- Noortje Bouwmeester-Vincken
- Municipal Health Service GGD Limburg-Noord
- Ariene Rietveld
- Municipal Health Service GGD Hart voor Brabant
- Marjolijn C. A. Wegdam-Blans
- Stichting PAMM
- Paulien Tolsma
- Municipal Health Service GGD Brabant-Zuidoost
- Marco Koppelman
- Sanquin Blood Supply Foundation
- Lidwien A. M. Smit
- Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), Utrecht University
- Renate W. Hakze-van der Honing
- Wageningen Bioveterinary Research
- Wim H. M. van der Poel
- Wageningen Bioveterinary Research
- Arco N. van der Spek
- Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA)
- Marcel A. H. Spierenburg
- Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA)
- Robert Jan Molenaar
- GD Animal Health
- Jan de Rond
- GD Animal Health
- Marieke Augustijn
- GD Animal Health
- Mark Woolhouse
- Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh
- J. Arjan Stegeman
- Department Population Health Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University
- Samantha Lycett
- Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh
- Bas B. Oude Munnink
- Erasmus MC, Department of Viroscience, WHO Collaborating Centre
- Marion P. G. Koopmans
- Erasmus MC, Department of Viroscience, WHO Collaborating Centre
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27096-9
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 12
Abstract
SARS-CoV-2 was detected in mink farms in the Netherlands in the first wave of the pandemic with evidence of human-to-mink and mink-to-human transmission. Here, the authors investigate this outbreak using phylodynamic analysis and show that personnel links and spatial proximity are predictors of transmission between farms.
