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    Researchers found coronavirus in deer

    • Last Update: 2021-11-13
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    A study published on the bioRxiv website on November 1 found that SARS-CoV-2 was found in wild and captive white-tailed deer in Iowa.


    The study, which has not been peer-reviewed, “provides the first evidence of the widespread spread of SARS-CoV-2 to any free-living species, in this case, a white-tailed deer.


    The research team worked with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, which monitors white-tailed deer for disease


    The researchers analyzed the SARS-CoV-2 genome in the positive samples and found a lineage consistent with the infected population in Iowa


    Veterinary microbiologist at Pennsylvania State University, the study's co-author Suresh Kuchipudi said, "all occurrences in the state of" coronavirus infection, the research team "stunned"


    According to reports, the number of white-tailed deer is approximately 25 million, making it the most abundant wild deer species in the United States.


    University of Wisconsin-Madison veterinarian Tony Goldberg (Tony Goldberg) in the comments on the "New York Times" said in the possibility of deer to human spread of the virus is a "game changer"


    The authors of this paper emphasized that continuous monitoring of deer and other susceptible mammals for viruses is necessary


    (Biocom)


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