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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2024 Feb;30(2):354-357.
doi: 10.3201/eid3002.231093.
Experimental SARS-CoV-2 Infection of Elk and Mule Deer
Stephanie M Porter, Airn E Hartwig, Helle Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Jeffrey M Marano, J Jeffrey Root, Angela M Bosco-Lauth
To assess the susceptibility of elk (Cervus canadensis) and mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) to SARS-CoV-2, we performed experimental infections in both species. Elk did not shed infectious virus but mounted low-level serologic responses. Mule deer shed and transmitted virus and mounted pronounced serologic responses and thus could play a role in SARS-CoV-2 epidemiology.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; Cervus canadensis; Delta variant; Odocoileus hemionus; SARS-CoV-2; cervid; coronavirus; coronavirus disease viruses; elk; mule deer; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; wildlife; zoonoses.
. 2024 Feb;30(2):354-357.
doi: 10.3201/eid3002.231093.
Experimental SARS-CoV-2 Infection of Elk and Mule Deer
Stephanie M Porter, Airn E Hartwig, Helle Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Jeffrey M Marano, J Jeffrey Root, Angela M Bosco-Lauth
- PMID: 38270133
- DOI: 10.3201/eid3002.231093
To assess the susceptibility of elk (Cervus canadensis) and mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) to SARS-CoV-2, we performed experimental infections in both species. Elk did not shed infectious virus but mounted low-level serologic responses. Mule deer shed and transmitted virus and mounted pronounced serologic responses and thus could play a role in SARS-CoV-2 epidemiology.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; Cervus canadensis; Delta variant; Odocoileus hemionus; SARS-CoV-2; cervid; coronavirus; coronavirus disease viruses; elk; mule deer; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; wildlife; zoonoses.