MicrobiologybioRxiv
SARS-CoV-2 infection, neuropathogenesis and transmission among deer mice: Implications for reverse zoonosis to New World rodents
A. Fagre, J. Lewis, M. Eckley…·T. Schountz
This study infects deer mice with SARS-CoV-2, showing robust replication and potential for natural transmission, with a new spike protein mutation emerging during in vivo passage.
DOI 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009585