An innovative tool for non-invasive contact-free pathogen monitoring in animal saliva
Maristela Martins de Camargo, Aspen C. F. Goncalves, Diana N. H. Blazquez, Maggie E Weber, Washington Carlos Agostinho, Zubin Kremer Guha, Melissa Sa Fernandes, Mariana Furtado, Aaron M. Dollar, Paulo Brandão, Serap Aksoy, Vanessa O. Ezenwa, Dawn M. Zimmerman
This paper develops a non-invasive tool for collecting animal saliva to monitor pathogens, validated in mice and shelter cats, enabling RNA virus detection and discovery of rare species.
bioRxiv · Feb 11, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology