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Volume 27, Number 9—September 2021
Research

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in Farmed Mink (Neovison vison), Poland

Lukasz Rabalski, Maciej Kosinski, Teemu Smura, Kirsi Aaltonen, Ravi Kant, Tarja Sironen, Bogusław Szewczyk, and Maciej GrzybekComments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland (L. Rabalski, M. Kosinski, B. Szewczyk); University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (T. Smura, K. Aaltonen, R. Kant, T. Sironen); Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland (M. Grzybek)

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Table 1

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 by different techniques in samples collected from 19 farmed mink, Poland*

Sample name Cp for RdRP gene† Cp for E gene† Antigen in swab specimen Antigen in serum, concentration of N protein, pg/mL Sequence obtained
mink_­4 ND 24.90 Strong positive 46.86 Full
mink_­5 24.36 16.88 Strong positive 3.30 Full
mink_­6 ND 34.88 Negative ND Partial
mink_­20 ND ND Positive 132.24 Partial
mink_27 ND 35.06 Negative ND Partial
mink_­36 ND ND Positive 271.30 Partial
mink_39 ND ND Negative 35.59 Partial
mink_­42 ND 25.62 Positive ND Full
mink_­46 34.93 22.75 Positive ND Full
mink_­48 29.89 22.52 Strong positive ND Full
mink_­49 ND 27.79 Positive ND Full
mink_­50 32.39 21.61 Strong positive ND Full
mink_­63 ‒ ‒ Negative 19.30 Partial
mink_­67 36.88 23.34 Positive ND Full
mink_­70 ND 24.40 Positive ND Partial
mink_­76 32.53 22.73 Positive ND Full
mink_­77 32.87 20.30 Strong positive ND Full
mink_­83 15.39 21.77 Strong positive 91.57 Full
mink_­88 ND 33.99 Positive ND Full
NTC ND ND ND ND ND
Positive control 16.91 23.31 ND ND ND

*Samples in bold are considered positive for SARS-CoV-2 by nucleic acid amplification, serologic analysis, or next-generation sequencing. Cp, crossing point; E, envelope; N, nucleocapsid; ND, not detected; NTC, no template control; RdRp, RNA-dependent RNA polymerase; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2. †By reverse transcription quantitative PCR.

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