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research 1:56 Researcher discusses deadly pathogen strains in nature

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Megan Zalecki

14 Jun 2018 123

Dana Hawley, associate professor of biological sciences at Virginia Tech, has long studied mycoplasmal conjunctivitis in house finches — a disease similar to “pink eye” in humans. Her research has found that, in nature, an imperfect immune system drives the evolution of deadly pathogen strains.