Virology and Pathogenesis Group, UK Health Security Agency, Porton Down, Salisbury, UK.
Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, National Institute for Health Research, Liverpool, UK.
Transbound Emerg Dis. 2022 Sep;69(5):e3244-e3249. doi: 10.1111/tbed.14534. Epub 2022 Apr 8.
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.
继北美发现白尾鹿感染 SARS-CoV-2 后，人们担心欧洲鹿也存在类似感染，并担心其可能成为 SARS-CoV-2 的宿主，包括出现新变种的机会。2020 年至 2021 年，英国从 6 个鹿种和 1 个杂交种中采集了鹿血清，并用针对刺突蛋白和核衣壳蛋白的血清学检测方法对 1748 个血清样本进行了检测。没有样本在这两种检测方法上均呈阳性，也没有通过替代中和试验呈阳性。没有证据表明 SARS-CoV-2 从人群溢出感染到英国鹿，也没有证据表明 SARS-CoV-2 在英国鹿（研究期间）中传播。尽管不能排除这种可能性，但研究结果表明，SARS-CoV-2 溢出感染并传播到最常见的欧洲鹿种的情况很少。
