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    The Institute for Infectious and Zoonotic Diseases at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine to Fund Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The postdoctoral fellowship will support scientists conducting research related to the biology of infectious disease.

    COVID in a cat (link is external)

    A report led by Penn Vet’s Dr. Elizabeth Lennon and colleagues has confirmed what is believed to be the first published account of the delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 in a house…

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    The University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine Announces Infectious and Zoonotic Disease Fellowship Recipients

    Penn Vet’s Institute for Infectious and Zoonotic Diseases announced inaugural Martin and Pamela Winter Infectious Disease Fellowships of $35,000 each to two, early-career biomedical scientists

    Stopping Disease Transmission at the Source

    Dr. Michael Povelones considers how the chain of disease transmission could be halted before a pathogen ever leaves the mosquito vector.

    A Hub for Zoonotic Disease Research (link is external)

    Penn Vet’s unique new Institute for Infectious Zoonotic Diseases

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    Penn Vet Establishes Institute for Infectious and Zoonotic Diseases

    Signaling the world’s vulnerability to disease, Penn Vet is launching the Institute for Infectious and Zoonotic Diseases to confront emerging and re-emerging zoonotic and vector-borne diseases, with a goal of…