Preserving “Vouchered” Host Specimens
March 16, 2021 | Terry Sharrer

Epizootic / epidemic transmission cycles
MAIN has had several pieces over the years about biorepositories—mostly for preserving human blood and tissue specimens. This piece argues that the same curating ought to be devoted to pathogenic “host” species as a guard against epizootic organisms that can jump species to become the next human pandemic. The authors call such specimens “vouchered.” MORE
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