Infection and transmission of ancestral SARS-CoV-2 and its alpha variant in pregnant white-tailed deer

Konner Coola Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USAView further author information

Natasha N. Gaudreaulta Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USAView further author information

Igor Morozova Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USAView further author information

Jessie D. Trujilloa Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USAView further author information

David A. Meekinsa Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USAView further author information

Chester McDowella Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USAView further author information

Mariano Carossinob Louisiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory and Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USAView further author information

Dashzeveg Bolda Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USAView further author information

Dana Mitzelc United States Department of Agriculture, Foreign Arthropod-Borne Animal Disease Research Unit, National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, Manhattan, KS, USAView further author information

Taeyong Kwona Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USAView further author information

Velmurugan Balaramana Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USAView further author information

Daniel W. Maddena Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USAView further author information

Bianca Libanori Artiagaa Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USAView further author information

Roman M. Pogranichniya Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USAView further author information

Gleyder Roman-Sosaa Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USAView further author information

Jamie Henningsona Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USAView further author information

William C. Wilsonc United States Department of Agriculture, Foreign Arthropod-Borne Animal Disease Research Unit, National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, Manhattan, KS, USAView further author information

Udeni B. R. Balasuriyab Louisiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory and Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USAView further author information

Adolfo García-Sastred Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA;e Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA;f Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA;g The Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA;h Department of Pathology, Molecular and Cell-Based Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USAView further author information

Juergen A. Richta Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USACorrespondence[email protected]