January 2022, following the omicron wave in humans18. Intriguingly, an Ontario WTD clade of SARS-CoV-2 that is related to the B.1.641 lineage was identified with likely deer-to-human spillback13. As of January 17, 2023, The US Department of Agriculture confirmed SARS-CoV-2 by PCR in wil...
Subsequently, active SARS-CoV-2 infections, as evidenced by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) detection, were reported in white-tailed deer in the US (i.e., Ohio4, Iowa17, Pennsylvania18, New York19) and in Ontario, Canada11. The viruses reported to date in white-...