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1st possible case of deer-to-human COVID-19 transmission reported...
So far, it seems to be an isolated COVID-19 case.
https://www.livescience.com/deer-to-human-covid-19-transmission
From the article:
The researchers compared the viral genomes found in deer to those found in humans in the area. They identified a person who was infected with a genetically similar strain of SARS-CoV-2, according to The Guardian. This person lived in Southwestern Ontario and had known close contact with deer, and so it seems plausible that a deer transmitted the virus to the person in this case. However, the researchers noted that their limited data prevented them from definitively linking the human and deer case.
Although past studies showed that COVID-19 can spread from humans to deer, and within deer populations, this is the first evidence of spillover from deer to humans, the authors said.
So far, this seems to be an isolated case — the researchers did not find evidence of other human cases from this lineage. And so in terms of its spread to humans, "This particular case, while raising a red flag, doesn't seem to be hugely alarming," study coauthor Finlay Maguire, an assistant professor at Dalhousie University, told CBC News.
A preliminary analysis by the researchers also suggested that the mutations were not likely to have a huge effect on the ability of COVID-19 vaccines to protect against this lineage of the virus.
The researchers stress the need for surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in deer and other animals to identify reservoirs capable of driving transmission and evolution of the virus.
So far, it seems to be an isolated COVID-19 case.
https://www.livescience.com/deer-to-human-covid-19-transmission
From the article:
The researchers compared the viral genomes found in deer to those found in humans in the area. They identified a person who was infected with a genetically similar strain of SARS-CoV-2, according to The Guardian. This person lived in Southwestern Ontario and had known close contact with deer, and so it seems plausible that a deer transmitted the virus to the person in this case. However, the researchers noted that their limited data prevented them from definitively linking the human and deer case.
Although past studies showed that COVID-19 can spread from humans to deer, and within deer populations, this is the first evidence of spillover from deer to humans, the authors said.
So far, this seems to be an isolated case — the researchers did not find evidence of other human cases from this lineage. And so in terms of its spread to humans, "This particular case, while raising a red flag, doesn't seem to be hugely alarming," study coauthor Finlay Maguire, an assistant professor at Dalhousie University, told CBC News.
A preliminary analysis by the researchers also suggested that the mutations were not likely to have a huge effect on the ability of COVID-19 vaccines to protect against this lineage of the virus.
The researchers stress the need for surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in deer and other animals to identify reservoirs capable of driving transmission and evolution of the virus.
