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Emerg Infect Dis
. 2020 Nov 18;27(2).
doi: 10.3201/eid2702.203794. Online ahead of print.
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 Sv?rke J?rgensen, Alonzo Alfaro-N??ez, Maiken Wors?e Rosenstierne, Anette Boklund, Tariq Halasa, Anders Fomsgaard, Graham J Belsham, Anette B?tner
- PMID: 33207152
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2702.203794
Abstract
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.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; Coronavirus; Denmark; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease; full-genome sequence; mink; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; virus adaptation; virus transmission; viruses; zoonoses.