PREPRINT (not yet peer reviewed): “SARS-CoV-2 occurrence in white-tailed #deer throughout their range in the conterminous #USA”

#Researchers collected >11k samples from deer 🦌 in 29 states 🇺🇸. #COVID was almost everywhere.

COVID prevalence declined over the course of the study, coincident with the rise of #Omicron, and the authors #hypothesize deer may be less susceptible.

With #diverse #hosts, COVID will continue to present a #complex #spillover #control #challenge.

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.04.14.533542v1