Human and Bovine Viruses

From U.S. Geological Survey (USGS):

Gone Viral - Human and bovine (cattle) #viruses were detected in a small percentage of some Great Lakes Basin streams, with human viruses more prevalent in urban streams and bovine viruses more common in streams in agricultural areas.

Scientists with the #USGS(https://on.doi.gov/2mODZoz) and U.S. Department of Agriculture tested #water samples from eight rivers in the Great Lakes Basin. The two most frequently detected pathogens were human adenovirus C, D and F (http://bit.ly/2m17CTB) in nine percent of samples, which can cause minor respiratory illnesses in people, and bovine polyomavirus in 11 percent of samples.

Read more at https://on.doi.gov/2mLmV2F.

Graphic by Ben Siebers, USGS

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