Daniel Streicker, University of Georgia (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

University of Georgia

Daniel Streicker, University of Georgia (1 of 2)

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A team of researchers lead by a UGA ecologist found that, depending upon the species involved, a single infected bat may infect between 0 and 2 members of a different species and that, on average, the probability of cross-species transmission occurs only once for every 73 transmissions within the same species. Here, lead author Daniel Streicker collects a tissue sample from a rabid pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus) for viral sequencing.

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