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Pigs appear to be immune to SARS-CoV-2 – News-Medical.Net
Now, a team of researchers at Kansas State University aimed to determine if pigs are potential carriers of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Zoonosis is the transmission of pathogens from animals to humans. Throughout history, there have been many outbreaks stemming from viruses and bacteria that jumped from animals to humans, including the Ebola virus, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), rabies, swine flu, and the current severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic.
One of the emerging viral infections is swine flu, specifically the AH1N1 or the Influenza …
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