A new study, conducted in Canada and recently published in Nature Communications, reports that the North American deer mouse can be infected with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) from humans. This finding, therefore, confirms a plausible risk of reverse zoonosis, on which data is presently unavailable.
An overview of SARS-CoV-2
SARS-CoV-2, which is the virus responsible for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), can be transmitted by infected individuals who may be presymptomatic, asymptomatic, mildly symptomatic, or symptomatic.
