{"id":476,"date":"2021-11-23T10:16:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T18:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/info.pediatricsdirectory.com\/?p=476"},"modified":"2023-07-23T22:54:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T02:54:31","slug":"sars-cov-2-exposure-in-wild-white-tailed-deer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/476\/","title":{"rendered":"SARS-CoV-2 exposure in wild white-tailed deer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/trim-1024x801.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-477\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SARS-CoV-2 exposure in wild white-tailed deer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>[ ABSTRACT ]<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Widespread human SARS-CoV-2 infections combined with human\u2013wildlife interactions create <span class=\"highlighter\">the potential for reverse zoonosis from humans to wildlife.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We targeted white-tailed deer (<em>Odocoileus virginianus<\/em>) for sero-surveillance based on evidence these deer have angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 receptors with high affinity for SARS-CoV-2, are permissive to infection, exhibit sustained viral shedding, can transmit to conspecifics, exhibit social behavior, and can be abundant near urban centers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We evaluated 624 prepandemic and postpandemic serum samples from wild deer from four US states for SARS-CoV-2 exposure. Antibodies were detected in 152 samples (40%) from 2021 using a surrogate virus neutralization test. A subset of samples tested with a SARS-CoV-2 virus neutralization test showed high concordance between tests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These data suggest white-tailed deer in the populations assessed have been exposed to SARS-CoV-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"iframely-embed\"><div class=\"iframely-responsive\" style=\"height: 170px; padding-bottom: 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/118\/47\/e2114828118\" data-iframely-url=\"\/\/cdn.iframe.ly\/api\/iframe?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pnas.org%2Fcontent%2F118%2F47%2Fe2114828118&amp;key=13076e8bfaec4bc8750fefa8568d8747\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/cdn.iframe.ly\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<span class=\"tags-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/deer\/\" rel=\"tag\">deer<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/sars-cov-2\/\" rel=\"tag\">SARS-CoV-2<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/zoonosis\/\" rel=\"tag\">zoonosis<\/a><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SARS-CoV-2 exposure in wild white-tailed deer [ ABSTRACT ] Widespread human SARS-CoV-2 infections combined with human\u2013wildlife interactions create the potential for reverse zoonosis from humans to wildlife. We targeted white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) for sero-surveillance based on evidence these deer have angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 receptors with high affinity for SARS-CoV-2, are permissive to infection, exhibit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[274],"tags":[863,1833,2155],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5321,"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476\/revisions\/5321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}