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The first evidence of shaking mink syndrome (SMS)-astrovirus infection in farmed minks, China
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  • Xue Bai,
  • rongguang lu,
  • Shuang-Shuang Li,
  • Bo Hu,
  • Hong-Ye Li,
  • Hong Tian,
  • Weiquan Liu,
  • Xi-Jun Yan,
  • Hao Liu
Xue Bai
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Institute of Special Animal and Plant Sciences

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rongguang lu
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Institute of Special Animal and Plant Sciences
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Shuang-Shuang Li
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Institute of Special Animal and Plant Sciences
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Bo Hu
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Institute of Special Animal and Plant Sciences
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Hong-Ye Li
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Institute of Special Animal and Plant Sciences
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Hong Tian
Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute
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Weiquan Liu
China Agricultural University State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology
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Xi-Jun Yan
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Institute of Special Animal and Plant Sciences
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Hao Liu
Foshan University
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Abstract

A novel neurological disorder disease, shaking mink syndrome (SMS), emerged in Denmark and Sweden since 2000. The SMS has seldom been reported in China, and the causative agent is uncertain. SMS outbreaks occurred in multiple provinces in 2020, A total of 44 brain samples from minks associated with SMS were collected from Heilongjiang, Liaoning, and Shandong provinces, of which 28 samples (63.3%) were SMS-Astrovirus (SMS-AstV) positive by reverse transcription PCR. Moreover, the complete coding region sequences (CDS) of a sample collected from a two-month-old mink (termed SMS-Astv-H1) were amplified by PCR. The complete CDS and ORF2 sequences of SMS-AstV-H1 were 94.3% and 96.4% identical to an SMS-AstV strain (GenBank accession number: GU985458). Phylogenetically, SMS-Astv-H1 was closely related to an SMS-AstV strain (GU985458). Based on the above results, we describe the SMS-AstV infections related to SMS among farmed minks in China. Future studies need to focus on epidemiology, virus isolation, and potential interspecies transmission of SMS-AstV.
19 May 2022Submitted to Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
22 May 2022Submission Checks Completed
22 May 2022Assigned to Editor
29 May 2022Reviewer(s) Assigned
01 Jun 2022Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
19 Jun 2022Editorial Decision: Revise Major
27 Jun 20221st Revision Received
27 Jun 2022Submission Checks Completed
27 Jun 2022Assigned to Editor
29 Jun 2022Reviewer(s) Assigned
04 Jul 2022Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
04 Jul 2022Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
24 Aug 20222nd Revision Received
25 Aug 2022Submission Checks Completed
25 Aug 2022Assigned to Editor
27 Aug 2022Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
27 Aug 2022Editorial Decision: Accept