Zwaka Cell Study (IMAGE)

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Zwaka Cell Study

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The Greater Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum) is known for its distinctive noseleaf, which helps it focus the ultrasound it uses for echolocation. Horseshoe bats are amongst the longest living bat species and are asymptomatic carriers of coronaviruses, including one of the viruses most closely related to SARS-CoV-2.

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Daniel Whitby

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