US EditionScientist's Cat, Again, Helps Discover New Virus
GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA, JUL 11 – Researchers identified a new Orthoreovirus strain named Gainesville shrew mammalian orthoreovirus type 3 strain UF-1 after genomic analysis of a virus isolated from a shrew, a rare viral genus.
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Scientist's cat, again, helps discover new virus
Pepper, the pet cat who made headlines last year for his role in the discovery of the first jeilongvirus found in the U.S., is at it again. This time, his hunting prowess has contributed to the identification of a new strain of orthoreovirus.
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Pepper, the cat who discovers new viruses What if the cats were the key in discovering new viruses? It is in any case what Pepper, a cat belonging to John Lednicky, a virologist at the University of Florida in the United States, suggests. Last year, Pepper had made talk about him by participating in the discovery of the first known jeilong virus in the United States, bringing to his master a dead mouse that was carrying it. Well this same cat ha…
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