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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Eurosurveillance, 23(25), 2020

DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2020.25.23.2001005

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