As part of a longitudinal household transmission study of pets living with persons with COVID‐19
in Texas, two pets were confirmed to be infected with the SARS‐CoV‐2 B.1.1.7 variant …

Approximately 67% of US households have pets. Limited data are available on SARS-CoV-2
in pets. We assessed SARS-CoV-2 infection in pets during a COVID-19 household …

Two years after the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, there is still a need for better ways to assess
the risk of transmission in congregate spaces. We deployed active air samplers to monitor …

Gammaherpesviruses (γHV) are implicated in the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis in
humans and murine models of lung fibrosis, however there is little direct experimental evidence …

Background Real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) and
antigen tests are important diagnostics for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (…

Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus has been recognized as affecting horses and
humans in the eastern United States for 70 yr. Evidence of exposure with EEE virus has been …

Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) data have become an integral component of public
health investigations and clinical diagnostics. Still, many veterinary diagnostic laboratories …

Background Real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) and
antigen tests are important diagnostics for SARS-CoV-2. Sensitivity of antigen tests has been …

Background High-frequency, rapid-turnaround severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus
2 (SARS-CoV-2) testing continues to be proposed as a way of efficiently identifying and …

The performance of a fluorescence polarization assay (FPA) that detects antibodies to
Mycobacterium bovis in bovine sera is described. The FPA reported here is a direct binding …