eDNA: How a method to detect endangered wildlife is now being used to fight COVID-19

eDNA was originally used to monitor endangered species. Image: David Duffy
Jessica Alice Farrell
PhD Candidate in Biology, University of Florida
Liam Whitmore
PhD Candidate, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Limerick
David Duffy
Assistant Professor of Wildlife Disease Genomics, University of Florida
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