A 网曝吃瓜 professor recently co-authored a new article on animal coronaviruses.
Dr. Alexander Lai, associate professor of biology, is a co-author on the recently published article titled 鈥淧hylogeography Reveals Association between Swine Trade and the Spread of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus in China and across the World鈥�.
Lai said the research was a collaboration among scientists from China, Belgium and the United States.
鈥淭he current COVID-19 pandemic has exposed major gaps in our knowledge on the origin, ecology, evolution, and spread of animal coronaviruses,鈥� Lai said. 鈥淚ntegrating data from viral evolution, geography, and international trade, we identified predictor variables for the spread of animal coronaviruses. This finding has significant application in the control of virus spread.鈥�
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