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Mink can be readily infected with SARS-CoV-2 and then pass the virus to humans. (Shutterstock)

The mink link: How COVID‑19 mutations in animals affect human health and vaccine effectiveness

Byram W. Bridle, University of Guelph; Leonardo Susta, University of Guelph; Samira Mubareka, University of Toronto; Sarah Wootton, University of Guelph, and Shayan Sharif, University of Guelph

In the disturbing scenario of human-to-mink-to-human COVID-19 transmission, the virus may mutate in mink prior to re-infecting people. That possibility makes vaccine design even more crucial.

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