SARS-CoV-2 infection in farmed minks, the Netherlands, April and May 2020
2020
Oreshkova, Nadia | Molenaar, Robert Jan | Vreman, Sandra | Harders, Frank | Oude Munnink, Bas B. | Hakze-van der Honing, Renate W. | Gerhards, Nora | Tolsma, Paulien | Bouwstra, Ruth | Sikkema, Reina S. | Tacken, Mirriam G.J. | Rooij, de, Myrna M.T. | Weesendorp, Eefke | Engelsma, Marc Y. | Bruschke, Christianne J.M. | Smit, Lidwien A.M. | Koopmans, Marion | Poel, van der, Wim H.M. | Stegeman, Arjan
Respiratory disease and increased mortality occurred in minks on two farms in the Netherlands, with interstitial pneumonia and SARS-CoV-2 RNA in organ and swab samples. On both farms, at least one worker had coronavirus disease-associated symptoms before the outbreak. Variations in mink-derived viral genomes showed between-mink transmission and no infection link between the farms. Inhalable dust contained viral RNA, indicating possible exposure of workers. One worker is assumed to have attracted the virus from mink.
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