Infection and transmission of ancestral SARS-CoV-2 and its alpha variant in pregnant white-tailed deer
K. Cool, N. N. Gaudreault, I. Morozov, J. D. Trujillo, D. A. Meekins, C. McDowell, M. Carossino, D. Bold, T. Kwon, V. Balaraman, D. W. Madden, B. Libanori Artiaga, R. M. Pogranichniy, G. Roman Sosa, J. Henningson, , J. A. Richt
This study shows adult white-tailed deer are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 and can transmit it vertically and horizontally, with the alpha variant outcompeting the ancestral strain.
bioRxiv · Aug 15, 2021Microbiology