Low Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Farmed and Free-Ranging White-Tailed Deer in Florida
Savannah G Grace, Kristen N Wilson, Rayann Dorleans, Zoe S White, Ruiyu Pu, Natasha N Gaudreault, Konner Cool, Juan M Campos Krauer, Laura E Franklin, Bambi C Clemons, Kuttichantran Subramaniam, Juergen A Richt, John A Lednicky, Maureen T Long, Samantha M Wisely, Ronald N Harty · 2024
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Savannah Grace, Kristen Wilson, Rayann Dorleans, and thirteen colleagues survey coronavirus in Florida deer in this two thousand twenty-four study. White-tailed deer elsewhere showed substantial SARS-CoV-2 infection, raising zoonotic concern. The team compared farmed deer, with heavy human contact, against free-ranging deer. Swabs, lung tissue, lymph nodes, and serum came from over nine hundred animals between twenty twenty and twenty twenty-two, tested for active infection and antibodies.
Infection prevalence was under one percent in both groups, about zero point eight five percent farmed and zero point seven six percent free-ranging. No farmed deer had neutralizing antibodies; one wild deer tested antibody-positive. Viral sequences matched human case peaks and circulating variants, indicating human-to-deer spillover, but at lower frequency than reported elsewhere. The authors conclude spillover risk in northern Florida looks reduced and call for wider study of transmission dynamics across North America.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Savannah G Grace, Kristen N Wilson, Rayann Dorleans, Zoe S White, Ruiyu Pu, Natasha N Gaudreault, Konner Cool, Juan M Campos Krauer, Laura E Franklin, Bambi C Clemons, Kuttichantran Subramaniam, Juergen A Richt, John A Lednicky, Maureen T Long, Samantha M Wisely, Ronald N Harty |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |