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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

Overview
Journal Euro Surveill
Specialty Infectious Diseases
Date 2021 Feb 5
PMID 33541485
Citations 99
Authors
Helle Daugaard Larsen
Jannik Fonager
Frederikke Kristensen Lomholt
Tine Dalby
Guido Benedetti
Brian Kristensen
Tinna Ravnholt Urth
Morten Rasmussen
Ria Lassauniere
Thomas Bruun Rasmussen
Bertel Strandbygaard
Louise Lohse
Manon Chaine
Karina Lauenborg Moller
Ann-Sofie Nicole Berthelsen
Sarah Kristine Norgaard
Ute Wolff Sonksen
Anette Ella Boklund
Anne Sofie Hammer
Graham J Belsham
Tyra Grove Krause
Sten Mortensen
Anette Botner
Anders Fomsgaard
Kare Molbak
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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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