Humans have infected wild deer with Covid-19 and there’s evidence the virus has been spreading between deer, recent studies show, which outline findings that could complicate the path out of the pandemic.
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The deer most likely shared the virus through nasal secretions that traveled over the barrier by air, he said. The infected deer didn’t exhibit noticeable symptoms.of wild deer in Illinois, Michigan, New York and Pennsylvania. They eventually tested 624 samples, finding that about 40 percent of samples that were collected last year had antibodies that suggested past infection.In the peer-reviewed Ohio State University study, 35.
Researchers can’t say for sure how the deer are becoming infected or whether the virus will persist in the species. Deer — ubiquitous in many U.S. communities — are among the most abundant large mammals in the country. “There are endemic coronaviruses in animals, some we know and many we don’t know,” Kuchipudi said. “Recombination could give rise to a completely different variant that can be very different from the parent virus, and it could have altered abilities.”
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