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Research shows COVID-19 'spread widely' through white-tailed deer

07/19/23 6:09 AM By Jana Rose Schleis
KEYWORDS Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service APHIS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention COVID-19 Mike Watson Ria Ghai SARS-CoV-2 University of Missouri white-tailed deer Xiu-Feng Wan
A new study from USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service shows SARS-CoV-2, the virus at the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic, was "transmitted from humans to deer, mutated, and potentially transmitted back to humans."
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Jana Rose Schleis
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