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Experimental infection of mink with SARS-COV-2 Omicron (BA.1) variant leads to symptomatic disease with lung pathology and transmission

Virtanen, J.; Aaltonen, K.; Kegler, K.; Venkat, V.; Niamsap, T.; Kareinen, L.; Malmgren, R.; Kivela, O.; Atanasova, N.; Osterlund, P.; Smura, T.; Sukura, A.; Strandin, T.; Dutra, L.; Vapalahti, O.; Nordgren, H.; Kant, R.; Sironen, T.

2022-02-16 microbiology
10.1101/2022.02.16.480524 bioRxiv
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We report an experimental infection of American mink with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant and show that minks remain virus RNA positive for days, develop clinical signs and histopathological changes, and transmit the virus to uninfected recipients warranting further studies and preparedness.

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