MicrobiologybioRxiv
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) may serve as a wildlife reservoir for nearly extinct SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern
L. C. Caserta, M. Martins, S. L. Butt…·D. G. Diel
This study shows SARS-CoV-2 infects and circulates in white-tailed deer, with multiple variants co-circulating long after they disappeared from humans.
DOI 10.1073/pnas.2215067120