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. 2021 Feb;27(2):547-551.
doi: 10.3201/eid2702.203794. Epub 2020 Nov 18.

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 Sværke Jørgensen, Alonzo Alfaro-Núñez, Maiken Worsøe Rosenstierne, Anette Boklund, Tariq Halasa, Anders Fomsgaard, Graham J Belsham, Anette Bøtner

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

Anne Sofie Hammer et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Feb.

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.

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Phylogenetic tree showing relationships between genome sequences of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 from mink and humans at 3 mink farms in Denmark, June–July 2020 (red), and selected global full-length genome sequences. Black dot indicates Wuhan reference sequence NC_045512.2; green indicates mink farm NB02 in the Netherlands; blue indicates mink farms NB01, NB03, and NB04 in the Netherlands; orange indicates clade 20B.
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