Covid 19 mutation in mink

[casebro]

It's training them to sneeze into their elbows that has been the problem.
Anyway, there aren't any mink left in Denmark at this point.

Hey, it's winter. Are you sure they are not just sleeping in to avoid the cold? Or maybe they are under lock down?

 

[dann]

Judging by the photos and videos, I don't think they are resting or pining for the fiords.

 

[dann]

One year ago, at least some Chinese researchers thought that it was more likely that SARS-CoV-2 came from mink:

“Vi fandt, at mink virus viser et infektionsmønster tættere på 2019-nCov,” skrev de ni forskere fra universiteter i Beijing og Hangzhou.
Overset kinesisk mistanke for et år siden: Mink er smittekilde (Nordtinget.dk, Jan. 21, 2021)

"we found mink viruses show a closer infectivity pattern to 2019-nCov," the nine researchers from universities in Beijing and Hangzhou wrote.
Chinese suspicion one year ago was overlooked: Mink are the source of contagion

A latest research from Peking University suggests that the intermediate host of the novel Coronavirus may be mink. And the virus may have an infection similar to that of SARS: The Beijing News
Updates on Coronavirus outbreak (Jan 22 - March 9) (Global Times, Jan. 25, 2020)

Based on our prediction, compared to the Coronaviruses infecting other vertebrates, bat coronaviruses are assigned with more similar infectivity patterns with 2019-nCoVs. Furthermore, by comparing the infectivity patterns of all viruses hosted on vertebrates, we found mink viruses show a closer infectivity pattern to 2019-nCov. These consequences of infectivity pattern analysis illustrate that bat and mink may be two candidate reservoirs of 2019-nCov.These results warn us to beware of 2019-nCoV and guide us to further explore the properties and reservoir of it.
Host and infectivity prediction of Wuhan 2019 novel coronavirus using deep learning algorithm (BioRxiv, Jan. 25, 2020)

 

[dann]

Frontiers in Microbiology, June 25, 2021:
In vitro Characterization of Fitness and Convalescent Antibody Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 Cluster 5 Variant Emerging in Mink at Danish Farms

Artickle in Danish about the Cluster 5 variant:
Studie: Minkmutation kunne have påvirket vacciners effekt (TV2.dk, June 28, 2021)
Mink mutation might have affected the efficacy of vaccines

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

It seems mink are very susceptible to Covid 19 as they have structures similar to humans in their breathing tract.

Denmark har the world's largest production of mink furs. ... That is, till now.

A mutation, called "cluster 5" has shown up in Covid 19 among mink, and it has been transferred to humans in, currently known, 12 cases. This mutation has reduced reaction the the vaccines and other treatments currently under development (it is not otherwise more virulent or contagious than other versions).

To counter this, the Danish government has resolved to have the entire population if mink in the country put down, essentially obliterating a whole business for an unknown time (perhaps forever).

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11...ion-over-coronavirus-spread-mutation/12851638

Hans

NVMD, didn't realize this was a semi-necro thread.