White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) may serve as a wildlife reservoir for nearly extinct SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern
L. C. Caserta, M. Martins, S. L. Butt, N. Hollingshead, L. M. Covaleda, M. Everts, K. Schuler, D. G. Diel
This study shows SARS-CoV-2 infects and circulates in white-tailed deer, with multiple variants co-circulating long after they disappeared from humans.
bioRxiv · Sep 2, 2022Microbiology