Researchers says measures to reduce transmission of COVID between white\u002Dtailed deer and humans are “urgently needed.”
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“Findings indicate that white-tailed deer – the most abundant large mammal in North America – may serve as a reservoir for variant SARS-CoV-2 strains that no longer circulate in the human population,” say researchers. They found SARS-CoV-2 RNA — the virus that causes COVID-19 — in 17 of the 2020 samples and 583 of those collected in 2021.
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