In summer 2020, SARS-CoV-2 was detected on mink farms in Utah. An interagency One Health response was initiated to assess the extent of the outbreak and included sampling animals from or near affected mink farms and testing them for SARS-CoV-2 and non-SARS coronaviruses. Among the 365 animals sampled, including domestic cats, mink, rodents, raccoons, and skunks, 261 (72%) of the animals harbored at least one coronavirus at the time. Among the samples which could be further characterized, 126 alphacoronaviruses and 88 betacoronaviruses (including 74 detections of SARS-CoV-2) were identified. Moreover, at least 10% (n=27) of the corona-virus-positive animals were found to be co-infected with more than one coronavirus....
Categories: Data;
Tags: SARS-CoV-2,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
Utah,
Wildlife Disease,
alphacoronavirus, All tags...
betacoronavirus,
biota,
coronavirus,
deer mouse,
domestic cat,
house mouse,
mink,
mink farm,
raccoon,
striped skunk, Fewer tags
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