1. 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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Ria Lassaunière, Ann-Sofie Nicole Berthelsen, Graham J. Belsham, Morten Rasmussen, Sarah K Nørgaard, Kåre Mølbak, Karina Lauenborg Møller, Ute Wolff Sönksen, Frederikke Kristensen Lomholt, Guido Benedetti, Anne Sofie Hammer, Louise Lohse, Jannik Fonager, Manon Chaine, S. Mortensen, Tyra Grove Krause, Tinna Ravnholt Urth, Anders Fomsgaard, Anette Boklund, Tine Dalby, Thomas Bruun Rasmussen, Anette Bøtner, Helle Daugaard Larsen, Bertel Strandbygaard, and Brian Kristensen
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0301 basic medicine ,Veterinary medicine ,Disease reservoir ,Farms ,Genes, Viral ,040301 veterinary sciences ,Epidemiology ,Denmark ,animal diseases ,viruses ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ,coronavirus ,Animals, Wild ,Culling ,Polymerase Chain Reaction ,Viral Zoonoses ,Disease Outbreaks ,0403 veterinary science ,Danish ,03 medical and health sciences ,Preliminary report ,Zoonoses ,Virology ,biology.animal ,Pandemic ,Disease Transmission, Infectious ,Animals ,Humans ,Mink ,Pandemics ,Disease Reservoirs ,Whole Genome Sequencing ,biology ,SARS-CoV-2 ,Incidence ,mink ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,COVID-19 ,Outbreak ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,language.human_language ,Neovison vison ,030104 developmental biology ,Geography ,COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Testing ,language ,RNA, Viral ,Public Health ,Rapid Communication - Abstract
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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- 2021
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