ISU lab develops test for mosquito-borne virus that can strike hogs, humans

Iowa State University researchers have created a test to detect a disease that could threaten the state’s pork industry, although it has not been found in the U.S. The test can identify Japanese encephalitis virus, or JEV, which is spread by mosquitoes and is related to West Nile and Zika. Rahul Nelli, at ISU’s Veterinary […]

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