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  • Veterinary infectious disease expert weighs in on coronavirus threat

    Mar 9, 2020 8:00 am by Diana YatesOutreach
    U. of I. veterinary clinical medicine professors Ashley Mitek and Jim Lowe. Photo by Greg Boozell

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    • U. of I. veterinary clinical medicine professors Ashley Mitek and Jim Lowe. Photo by Greg Boozell

    Influenza, SARS and COVID-19 are all readily transmitted from animals to humans. 'Most of what we think are the major human pathogens probably started in animals,' says a U of I expert in zoonotic diseases.