Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in free-ranging white-tailed deer in the United States

A Feng, S Bevins, J Chandler, TJ DeLiberto… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 is a zoonotic virus with documented bi-directional transmission between
people and animals. Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from humans to free-ranging white-tailed …

Highly divergent white-tailed deer SARS-CoV-2 with potential deer-to-human transmission

B Pickering, O Lung, F Maguire, P Kruczkiewicz… - BioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Wildlife reservoirs of SARS-CoV-2 can lead to viral adaptation and spillback from wildlife to
humans. In North America, there is evidence of spillover of SARS-CoV-2 from humans to …

Divergent SARS-CoV-2 variant emerges in white-tailed deer with deer-to-human transmission

B Pickering, O Lung, F Maguire, P Kruczkiewicz… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Wildlife reservoirs of broad-host-range viruses have the potential to enable evolution of viral
variants that can emerge to infect humans. In North America, there is phylogenomic …

From Deer-to-Deer: SARS-CoV-2 is efficiently transmitted and presents broad tissue tropism and replication sites in white-tailed deer

M Martins, PM Boggiatto, A Buckley… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in humans, has a broad host range, and is able to …

Multiple spillovers from humans and onward transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in white-tailed deer

SV Kuchipudi, M Surendran-Nair… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Many animal species are susceptible to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) infection and could act as reservoirs; however, transmission in free-living …

Multiple introductions of SARS-CoV-2 alpha and delta variants into white-tailed deer in Pennsylvania

AD Marques, S Sherrill-Mix, JK Everett, H Adhikari… - MBio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic began by viral spillover from animals to humans; today multiple
animal species are known to be susceptible to infection. White-tailed deer, Odocoileus …

SARS-CoV-2 exposure in wild white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

JC Chandler, SN Bevins, JW Ellis… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Widespread human SARS-CoV-2 infections combined with human–wildlife interactions
create the potential for reverse zoonosis from humans to wildlife. We targeted white-tailed …

White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) may serve as a wildlife reservoir for nearly extinct SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

LC Caserta, M Martins, SL Butt… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The spillover of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) from
humans to white-tailed deer (WTD) and its ability to transmit from deer to deer raised …

Susceptibility of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) to SARS-CoV-2

MV Palmer, M Martins, S Falkenberg, A Buckley… - Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
The origin of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus
causing the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, remains a mystery …

SARS-CoV-2 infection in free-ranging white-tailed deer

VL Hale, PM Dennis, DS McBride, JM Nolting… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Humans have infected a wide range of animals with SARS-CoV-2,,,–, but the establishment
of a new natural animal reservoir has not been observed. Here we document that free …