Purdue scientists use malaria expertise to track COVID-19 variants

(Purdue University) Giovanna Carpi's lab at Purdue University studies the genomics of infectious diseases to better understand how they spread. An assistant professor of biological sciences, she focuses her research primarily on malaria. With the onset of the pandemic, her lab pivoted to study the genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, including tracking variants.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news