Martin Nweeia of Case Western Reserve University forms international research team to study coronavirus susceptibility of arctic whale.
Martin Nweeia of Case Western Reserve University forms international research team to study coronavirus susceptibility of arctic whale.
While most of the global effort to contain COVID-19 focuses on its continuing human cost, a team of researchers has formed to focus on protecting the next potential wave of virus victims: wildlife.
Martin Nweeia—an assistant professor at the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine—will lead an effort to learn more about how the SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, may spread to certain non-domesticated animals.
The team will focus on the narwhal, an arctic whale with a 9-foot tusk and a high potential for infection.
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