SARS-CoV-2 Seropositivity in Urban Population of Wild Fallow Deer, Dublin, Ireland, 2020–2022
Kevin Purves
1, Hannah Brown
1, 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. Fletcher
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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Figure 11. SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 infection of ex vivo lung tissue in study of SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity in urban population of wild fallow deer, Dublin, Ireland, 2020–2022. Precision cut lung slices were collected from 2 SARS-CoV-2–seronegative deer and inoculated with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1; sections were stained by using immunohistochemistry. Control sections were stained with IgG only or mock infected. A) Deer 1; B) deer 2. Arrows in first and middle panels indicate Omicron BA.1 immunoreactivity in cells morphologically consistent with type 2 pneumocytes. Third panel indicates no immunoreactivity after staining with the IgG control. No immunoreactivity was observed in the mock-infected tissues for either animal. Scale bars indicate 60 μm.
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