Eurosurv. Preliminary report of an outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in mink and mink farmers associated with community spread, Denmark, June to November 2020

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Preliminary report of an outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in mink and mink farmers associated with community spread, Denmark, June to November 2020

• Helle Daugaard Larsen[SUP]1[/SUP] , Jannik Fonager[SUP]1[/SUP] , Frederikke Kristensen Lomholt[SUP]1[/SUP] , Tine Dalby[SUP]1[/SUP] , Guido Benedetti[SUP]1[/SUP] , Brian Kristensen[SUP]1[/SUP] , Tinna Ravnholt Urth[SUP]1[/SUP] , Morten Rasmussen[SUP]1[/SUP] , Ria Lassauni?re[SUP]1[/SUP] , Thomas Bruun Rasmussen[SUP]1[/SUP] , Bertel Strandbygaard[SUP]1[/SUP] , Louise Lohse[SUP]1[/SUP] , Manon Chaine[SUP]1[/SUP] , Karina Lauenborg M?ller[SUP]1[/SUP] , Ann-Sofie Nicole Berthelsen[SUP]1[/SUP] , Sarah Kristine N?rgaard[SUP]1[/SUP] , Ute Wolff S?nksen[SUP]1[/SUP] , Anette Ella Boklund[SUP]2[/SUP] , Anne Sofie Hammer[SUP]2[/SUP] , Graham J. Belsham[SUP]2[/SUP] , Tyra Grove Krause[SUP]1[/SUP] , Sten Mortensen[SUP]3[/SUP] , Anette B?tner[SUP]1,2[/SUP] , Anders Fomsgaard[SUP]1[/SUP] , K?re M?lbak[SUP]1,2[/SUP]

In June–November 2020, SARS-CoV-2-infected mink were detected in 290 of 1,147 Danish mink farms. In North Denmark Region, 30% (324/1,092) of people found connected to mink farms tested SARS-CoV-2-PCR-positive and approximately 27% (95% confidence interval (CI): 25–30) of SARS-CoV-2-strains from humans in the community were mink-associated. Measures proved insufficient to mitigate spread. On 4 November, the government ordered culling of all Danish mink. Farmed mink constitute a potential virus reservoir challenging pandemic control.

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https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.5.210009#abstract_content