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Category: Deer

US: Alpha, Gamma, and Delta variants still circulating in White Tailed Deer

The Alpha, Gamma, and Delta SARS-CoV-2 variants are still circulating in White Tailed Deer well after they caused widespread COVID-19 in people, representing a reservoir for the strains and a potential future risk to humans.  More...

February 2, 2023 Coronaheadsup.com Animals, Coronavirus, Deer, Genome, Health, Infection, New York State, Research, Reservoir, Spillover, Testing, Transmission, USA

Preprint: Neutralizing antibodies in deer for at least 13 months for 90% of animals

Another preprint out recently outlines the disturbing prospect of a large SARS-CoV-2 viral reservoir developing in white-tailed deer in the US.   More...

November 14, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Animals, Coronavirus, Deer, Genome, Health, Infection, PCR, Persistent Infection, Preprint, Research, Reservoir, Serology, Spillover, Symptoms, Texas, Transmission, USA, Zoonosis

Canada: First evidence of deer-to-human transmission

A recent report from Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto, Canada, gives details of a highly mutated strain of SARS-CoV-2, and evidence of deer-to-human transmission.  More...

November 12, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Animals, Canada, Coronavirus, Deer, Health, Mutation, Reservoir, Spillover, Toronto, Transmission, Zoonosis

Preprint: Widespread wildlife exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in the Eastern United States

Species that tested PCR positive for SARS-CoV-2 included bobcats, opossums, squirrels, foxes, deer and rabbits.  More...

November 8, 2022November 8, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Animals, Bats, Coronavirus, Deer, Foxes, Genome, Infection, Mice, Mustelid, Mutation, PCR, Rabbits, Research, Reservoir, Serology, Spillover, Testing, Transmission, USA, Zoonosis

Preprint: White-tailed deer still harbouring Alpha, Gamma and Delta variants in New York

Nine lineages including three major variants of concern; Alpha, Gamma and Delta, were detected in White-tailed deer samples in New York.  More...

September 4, 2022September 5, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com America, Animals, Coronavirus, Deer, Genome, Health, Infection, New York State, Preprint, Research, Reservoir, Spillover, Testing, Transmission, USA, Zoonosis

US: Chronic wasting disease in Michigan white tailed deer

A deadly neurological disease known for affecting different species of moose, elk, and other hoofed mammals has been confirmed in a white-tailed deer in Michigan.  More...

May 10, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Animals, Coronavirus, Deer, Health, Infection, Michigan, Propaganda, Reservoir, USA, Zoonosis

US: Delta variant found in Utah mule deer

“On March 22, the APHIS’ National Veterinary Services Lab in Ames, Iowa confirmed a case of the SARS-CoV-2 delta variant in one of the samples submitted from a female mule deer in Morgan County.  More...

March 29, 2022March 29, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Animals, Coronavirus, Deer, Delta, Infection, Reservoir, Symptoms, Transmission, USA, Utah

Preprint: Highly divergent lineage of SARS-CoV-2 in deer with potential deer-to-human transmission

We identified a new and highly divergent lineage of SARS-CoV-2.  More...

February 26, 2022February 26, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com America, Animals, Canada, Coronavirus, Deer, Genome, Infection, Testing, Transmission, USA, Zoonosis

USA: Omicron in white-tailed deer on Staten Island, New York *1 UPDATE*

White-tailed deer on Staten Island have become the first wild animals with documented Omicron infections.  More...

February 9, 2022February 20, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Animals, Deer, Infection, New York State, Omicron, Reservoir, Transmission, USA

USA: White tailed deer positive for Sars-CoV-2 in New Jersey, New York, Minnesota, Pennsylvania

Two free-ranging deer have tested positive for Sars-CoV-2 in New Jersey.   More...

January 27, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Animals, Coronavirus, Deer, Infection, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Reservoir, Testing, Transmission, USA, Zoonosis

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