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White-tailed deer ( <i>Odocoileus virginianus</i> ) may serve as a wildlife reservoir for nearly extinct SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern
2022-09-02
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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> The spillover of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) from humans into white-tailed deer (WTD) and its ability to transmit from deer-to-deer raised concerns about the role of WTD in the epidemiology and ecology of the virus. In the present study, we conducted a comprehensive investigation to assess the prevalence, genetic diversity, and evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in WTD in t...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 0b0fdcf8-335a-50e2-8586-2ac25d6869dc
- DOI
- 10.1101/2022.09.02.506368
