SARS-CoV-2 infection in farmed minks, the Netherlands, April and May 2020
Publication date
2020-06-11
Authors
Oreshkova, Nadia
Molenaar, Robert Jan
Vreman, Sandra
Harders, Frank
Oude Munnink, Bas B.
Van Der Honing, Renate W.Hakze
Gerhards, Nora M
Tolsma, Paulien
Bouwstra, Ruth J
Sikkema, Reina S.
Editors
Advisors
Supervisors
Document Type
Article
Metadata
Show full item recordCollections
License
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.
Keywords
Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Virology, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
Citation
Oreshkova, N, Molenaar, R J, Vreman, S, Harders, F, Oude Munnink, B B, Van Der Honing, R W H, Gerhards, N, Tolsma, P, Bouwstra, R, Sikkema, R S, Tacken, M G J, De Rooij, M M T, Weesendorp, E, Engelsma, M Y, Bruschke, C J M, Smit, L A M, Koopmans, M, Van Der Poel, W H M & Stegeman, A 2020, 'SARS-CoV-2 infection in farmed minks, the Netherlands, April and May 2020', Eurosurveillance, vol. 25, no. 23, 2001005. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.23.2001005