Experimental infection of mink with SARS-COV-2 Omicron (BA.1) variant leads to symptomatic disease with lung pathology and transmission
J. Virtanen, K. Aaltonen, K. Kegler, V. Venkat, T. Niamsap, L. Kareinen, R. Malmgren, O. Kivela, N. Atanasova, P. Osterlund, T. Smura, A. Sukura, T. Strandin, L. Dutra, O. Vapalahti, , T. Sironen
This study infects mink with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant and shows they remain virus positive, develop symptoms, and transmit the virus.
bioRxiv · Feb 16, 2022 · PreprintMicrobiology