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Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2-2024

Citation

Emerging Infectious Diseases (February 2024) 30(2): 354-357

doi: 10.3201/eid3002.231093

Comments

United States government work

Abstract

To assess the susceptibility of elk (Cervus canadensis) and mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) to SARS-CoV-2, we performed experimental infections in both species. Elk did not shed infectious virus but mounted low-level serologic responses. Mule deer shed and transmitted virus and mounted pronounced serologic responses and thus could play a role in SARS-CoV-2 epidemiology.

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