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TWiV 809: Vampire vax

  • September 26, 2021
  • Tagged as: bat, coronavirus, COVID-19, Laos, limestone cave, rabies virus, receptor binding domain, SARS-CoV-2, Vaccine, vampire bat, vampire bat herpesvirus, viral, virology, virus, viruses, zoonosis

TWiV reveals isolation from bats in Laos of a SARS-CoV-2 like virus with a spike protein that allows entry into human cells, and exploration of a herpesvirus vector for immunization of vampire bats against rabies virus.

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