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At least eight bat species commute or forage over pig farms in Northern Italy, and the frequent absence of physical barriers and biosafety measures preventing contact between bats or bat feces and pigs could increase exposure risks to the diverse coronaviruses that circulate in these species
Article URL: http://plos.io/4mQ5Scy
Article title: A multi-disciplinary approach to identify spillover interfaces of bat coronaviruses to pig farms in Italy
Author countries: Italy, U.K.
Funding: The present work was supported by the First International ICRAD call under grant agreement N◦ 862605, ID 95 ConVErgence.
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