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R Frutos1,2, C A Devaux3
1Cirad, UMR 17, Intertryp, Montpellier, France.
New Microbes and New Infections
|November 23, 2020
Abstract:
The Danish Government announced the culling of 17 million minks in rearing after the report of mink-specific mutations of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in humans. The rationale behind this decision is that these mutations might negatively impact the deployment of anti-coronavirus disease 2019 vaccines. Is it a precautionary attitude or a panic-driven overreaction?
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