Scientists developing field test to detect Covid virus in dozens of host species

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Source: Purdue Agricultural Communications photo/Tom Campbell

Purdue University has received $2.7 million in federal funding to develop a field test that can measure and predict the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in a wide range of wildlife and farm animals.

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