This discovery implies that the Camp Hill virus has adapted to thrive in several animal species and is more globally dispersed than previously thought by experts. Usually found.
In southern Canada and the eastern and central United States, the northern short-tailed shrew is widespread in bogs and bushy forests. There is potential for animal-to-human spillover since.,
A large portion of their environment crosses over into human territory. Although the findings was just made public this week, researchers discovered the virus in shrews in 2021.
Humans have never contracted the virus, and it has only ever been found in bats. As part of a study on the aging of mammals, researchers in Alabama caught four northern short-tailed shrews.
(Blarina brevicauda). They found genetic material from the Camp Hill virus after analyzing tissue samples from the shrews.
