SARS-CoV-2 Monitoring on Mink Farms in Poland.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Many countries have reported severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections in mink, and transmission back to humans has raised the concern of novel variants emerging in these animals. The monitoring system on Polish mink farms detected SARS-CoV-2 infection first in January 2021 and has been kept in place since then.

Material and methods

Oral swab samples collected between February 2021 and March 2022 from 11,853 mink from 594 farms in different regions of Poland were screened molecularly for SARS-CoV-2. Isolates from those with the highest loads of viral genetic material from positive farms were sequenced and phylogenetically analysed. Serological studies were also carried out for one positive farm in order to follow the antibody respon

SUBMITTER: Domanska-Blicharz K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9944996 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature