Persistence of viral RNA in North American elk experimentally infected with an ancestral strain of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

Abstract White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) have emerged as a reservoir host for SARS-CoV-2 given their susceptibility to infection and demonstrated high rates of seroprevalence and infection across the United States. As SARS-CoV-2 circulates within free-ranging white-tailed deer populations...

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Published in:	Scientific Reports
Main Authors:	Paola M. Boggiatto, Alexandra Buckley, Eric D. Cassmann, Hannah Seger, Steven C. Olsen, Mitchell V. Palmer
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2024-05-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-61414-7