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

A. Hammer, M. Quaade, T. Rasmussen, J. Fonager, Morten Rasmussen, Karin Mundbjerg, L. Lohse, B. Strandbygaard, C. S. Jørgensen, Alonzo Alfaro-Núñez, M. Rosenstierne, A. Boklund, T. Halasa, A. Fomsgaard, G. Belsham, A. Bøtner

Emerging infectious diseases, 2020

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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Field of study: Medicine

10.3201/eid2702.203794