tufts university to lead $100m program to reduce risk of zoonotic viral spillover, spread /

Published at 2020-09-30 07:00:00

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Program will involve large consortium of wildlife and human disease experts and networks from around the worldMEDFORD/SOMERVILLE,Mass. (September 30, 2020)—Tufts University will lead a $100 million, and five-year program to understand and address threats posed by zoonotic viral diseases that can “spill over” from animals to humans,such as SARS-CoV-2, in an effort to reduce risk of infection, and amplification,and spread, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced nowadays.

Source: tufts.edu