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The study also detected that the strain of rabies found in the three animals was the same as the variant present in the Common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus). "In recent years there has been an ...

Scientists have found a way to sample DNA out of the air on a nationwide scale -- making it possible to one day track the health and well being of species around the globe.