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Volume 30, Number 8—August 2024
Research

SARS-CoV-2 Seropositivity in Urban Population of Wild Fallow Deer, Dublin, Ireland, 2020–2022

Kevin Purves1, Hannah Brown1, Ruth Haverty, Andrew Ryan, Laura L. Griffin, Janet McCormack, Sophie O’Reilly, Patrick W. Mallon, Virginie Gautier, Joseph P. Cassidy, Aurelie Fabre, Michael J. Carr, Gabriel Gonzalez, Simone Ciuti, and Nicola F. FletcherComments to Author 
Author affiliations: University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland (K. Purves, H. Brown, R. Haverty, A. Ryan, L.L. Griffin, J. McCormack, S. O’Reilly, P.W. Mallon, V. Gautier, J.P. Cassidy, A. Fabre, M.J. Carr, G. Gonzalez, S. Ciuti, N.F. Fletcher); St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin (P.W. Mallon, A. Fabre); Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan (M.J. Carr, G. Gonzalez)

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Table

Profiles and SARS-CoV-2 PCR status of seropositive fallow deer in study of SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity in urban population of wild fallow deer, Dublin, Ireland, 2020–2022*

Animal code Sample date Age, y/sex Neutralization, %† Tissue PCR Cecal content PCR Begging category‡
18_B_2021 2021 Nov 25 4/M 30 ND ND Unranked
4_C_2022 2022 Feb 16 1/M 39 ND ND Occasional
5_C_2022 2022 Feb 16 6/F 33 ND ND Occasional
6_C_2022 2022 Feb 16 <1/M 32 ND ND Unranked
7_C_2022 2022 Feb 16 1/M 42 ND ND Occasional
10_C_2022 2022 Feb 16 8/F 34 ND ND Occasional
12_C_2022 2022 Feb 16 2/M 34 ND ND Unranked
15_C_2022 2022 Feb 16 3/F 31 ND ND Occasional
16_C_2022 2022 Feb 16 3/M 34 ND ND Consistent
19_C_2022 2022 Feb 16 7/M 34 ND ND Unranked
21_C_2022 2022 Feb 16 5/M 34 ND ND Consistent
23_C_2022 2022 Feb 16 5/M 34 ND ND Unranked
31_C_2022 2022 Feb 16 1/M 32 ND ND Unranked

*SARS-CoV-2 seropositive fallow deer sampled in February 2022 (n = 21) were PCR negative for the SARS-CoV-2 envelope gene in all samples tested (retropharyngeal lymph nodes, nasopharyngeal mucosa, palatine tonsil, and cecal content). ND, not detected. †SARS-CoV-2 surrogate virus neutralization test was used to determine % neutralizing antibodies in deer serum samples. ‡Begging ranks were occasional or consistent beggars or unranked. Unranked indicates the deer were untagged.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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