SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks on Danish mink farms and mitigating public health interventions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

First severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections on Danish mink farms were reported in June 2020 and thereupon spread geographically. We provide population-level evidence on excess human incidence rates in Danish municipalities affected by disease outbreaks on mink farms and evaluate the effectiveness of two non-pharmaceutical interventions, i.e. culling of infected mink and local lockdowns.

Methods

We use information on SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks on mink farms in 94 Danish municipalities together with data on human SARS-CoV-2 cases and tested persons in Weeks 24-51 of 2020. Difference-in-difference estimation and panel event studies for weekly human incidence rates are applied to (i) identify epidemiological trends of human SARS-CoV-2 infec

SUBMITTER: Dall Schmidt T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8549281 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature