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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