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SARS-CoV-2 infection in farmed minks, the Netherlands, April and May 2020
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsWim H.M. van der Poelwim.vanderpoel wur.nl
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Citation style for this article: . SARS-CoV-2 infection in farmed minks, the Netherlands, April and May 2020. Euro Surveill. 2020;25(23):pii=2001005. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.23.2001005 Received: 24 May 2020; Accepted: 04 Jun 2020
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Abstract
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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