SARS-CoV-2 infection in farmed minks, the Netherlands, April and May 2020

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 vira...

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Published inEuro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles Vol. 25; no. 23; p. 1
Main Authors 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 GJ, de Rooij, Myrna MT, Weesendorp, Eefke, Engelsma, Marc Y, Bruschke, Christianne JM, Smit, Lidwien AM, Koopmans, Marion, van der Poel, Wim HM, Stegeman, Arjan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Sweden Centre Europeen pour la Surveillance Epidemiologique du SIDA (European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS) 11.06.2020
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Subjects
Animals
Antibodies, Viral - immunology
Betacoronavirus - immunology
Coronavirus - genetics
Coronavirus - isolation & purification
Coronavirus Infections - diagnosis
Coronavirus Infections - transmission
Coronavirus Infections - veterinary
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control
Disease Outbreaks - veterinary
Epidemics
Farms
Genome, Viral
Livestock
Mink
Netherlands
Pandemics - veterinary
Pneumonia, Viral - diagnosis
Pneumonia, Viral - transmission
Pneumonia, Viral - veterinary
Rapid Communication
Ribonucleic acid
RNA
RNA, Viral - genetics
SARS-CoV-2
Sequence Analysis, RNA - veterinary
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - epidemiology
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Netherlands
SARS-CoV-2
mink
transmission
interstitial pneumonia
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Summary: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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Correspondence: Wim H.M. van der Poel (wim.vanderpoel@wur.nl)
ISSN:1560-7917
1025-496X
1560-7917
DOI:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.23.2001005