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. 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.