TY - JOUR AU - Virtanen, Jenni AU - Aaltonen, Kirsi AU - Kegler, Kristel AU - Venkat, Vinaya AU - Niamsap, Thanakorn AU - Kareinen, Lauri AU - Malmgren, Rasmus AU - Kivelä, Olga AU - Atanasova, Nina AU - Österlund, Pamela AU - Smura, Teemu AU - Sukura, Antti AU - Strandin, Tomas AU - Dutra, Lara AU - Vapalahti, Olli AU - Nordgren, Heli AU - Kant, Ravi AU - Sironen, Tarja T1 - Experimental Infection of Mink with SARS-COV-2 Omicron Variant and Subsequent Clinical Disease T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2022 VL - 28 IS - 6 SP - 1286 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We report an experimental infection of American mink with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant and show that mink remain positive for viral RNA for days, experience clinical signs and histopathologic changes, and transmit the virus to uninfected recipients. Preparedness is crucial to avoid spread among mink and spillover to human populations. KW - COVID-19 KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - mink KW - zoonoses KW - models KW - animals KW - coronavirus disease KW - severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 KW - viruses KW - respiratory infections KW - Finland DO - 10.3201/eid2806.220328 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/6/22-0328_article ER - End of Reference