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TRANSBOUNDARY AND EMERGING DISEASES
Volume 69, Issue 5, Pages E3244-E3249Publisher
WILEY-HINDAWI
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.14534
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COVID-19 serological testing; deer; SARS-CoV-2; sentinel surveillance; United Kingdom; viral zoonoses
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Based on the research conducted on deer in the UK, there is no evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infections in UK deer. The study results indicate a low possibility of SARS-CoV-2 circulation in the most common European deer species.
Following findings in Northern America of SARS-CoV-2 infections in white-tailed deer, there is concern of similar infections in European deer and their potential as reservoirs of SARS-CoV-2 including opportunities for the emergence of new variants. UK deer sera were collected in 2020-2021 from 6 species and a hybrid with 1748 tested using anti-spike and anti-nucleocapsid serology assays. No samples were positive on both assays nor by surrogate neutralization testing. There is no evidence that spill-over infections of SARS-CoV-2 occurred from the human population to UK deer or that SARS-CoV-2 has been circulating in UK deer (over the study period). Although it cannot be ruled out, study results indicate that spill-over infections followed by circulation of SARS-CoV-2 to the most common European deer species is small.
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