One Health Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 in People and Animals on Multiple Mink Farms in Utah

• Published in: Viruses Vol. 15; no. 1; p. 96
• Main Authors: Cossaboom, Caitlin M., Wendling, Natalie M., Lewis, Nathaniel M., Rettler, Hannah, Harvey, Robert R., Amman, Brian R., Towner, Jonathan S., Spengler, Jessica R., Erickson, Robert, Burnett, Cindy, Young, Erin L., Oakeson, Kelly, Carpenter, Ann, Kainulainen, Markus H., Chatterjee, Payel, Flint, Mike, Uehara, Anna, Li, Yan, Zhang, Jing, Kelleher, Anna, Lynch, Brian, Retchless, Adam C., Tong, Suxiang, Ahmad, Ausaf, Bunkley, Paige, Godino, Claire, Herzegh, Owen, Drobeniuc, Jan, Rooney, Jane, Taylor, Dean, Barton Behravesh, Casey
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 29.12.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Agriculture; Animals; Cats; coronavirus; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - veterinary; Disease control; Disease transmission; Dogs; Epidemiology; evolution; Farms; Farmworkers; genome; Genomes; Health surveillance; Humans; Infections; Introduced species; Laboratories; Mink; Mortality; One Health; One Health initiative; people; Polymerase chain reaction; reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; Reverse transcription; SARS-CoV-2; SARS-CoV-2 - genetics; sequence analysis; Serology; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Utah; Utah - epidemiology; viruses; Whole genome sequencing; Zoonoses; zoonotic transmission; Utah; United States > US; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; mink; animals; zoonotic transmission; Neogale vison; One Health

From July–November 2020, mink (Neogale vison) on 12 Utah farms experienced an increase in mortality rates due to confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection. We conducted epidemiologic investigations on six farms to identify the source of virus introduction, track cross-species transmission, and assess viral evo...