Isabella Gates

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Some swabs, both from the wall and the bed frame, tested positive for Nipah RNA. I’ll repeat that: Fragments (at least) of Nipah virus, left from what the patient had spewed out, were still present after five weeks, invisibly decorating the room. To the sanitarian, such spewing represents contamination. To the virus: opportunity.
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
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