Dear GRC: Below is a link to a paper that was published today that illustrates the potential risk of not changing gloves between handling infected and uninfected animals or co-housing infected and uninfected individuals for short duration. Please share with others. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0193243 All the Best, Matt ______________________________________________________________ Matthew J. Gray, Ph.D., Professor Co-chair, PARC National Disease Task Team<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.parcplace.org%2Fparcplace%2Fresources%2Fdisease-task-team.html&data=02%7C01%7Clouise.rollins-smith%40vanderbilt.edu%7Cd6e6399cfb3a4576a60f08d4f61a887d%7Cba5a7f39e3be4ab3b45067fa80faecad%7C0%7C0%7C636404041359526354&sdata=yrywKV%2B0PmTHlM%2BRvjg5ghy8VHXmiy750VJZHshCO3U%3D&reserved=0> Chair, Research Working Group of the North American Bsal Task Force<http://www.salamanderfungus.org/task-force/> Past Director, Global Ranavirus Consortium<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ranavirus.org%2F&data=02%7C01%7Clouise.rollins-smith%40vanderbilt.edu%7Cd6e6399cfb3a4576a60f08d4f61a887d%7Cba5a7f39e3be4ab3b45067fa80faecad%7C0%7C0%7C636404041359526354&sdata=%2Blt%2FSUfjpx3LreQ2mcatMNByVNmAeEXWb4e8KWxXVjk%3D&reserved=0> Associate Director, UTIA Center for Wildlife Health<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fag.tennessee.edu%2Fcwh%2FPages%2Fdefault.aspx&data=02%7C01%7Clouise.rollins-smith%40vanderbilt.edu%7Cd6e6399cfb3a4576a60f08d4f61a887d%7Cba5a7f39e3be4ab3b45067fa80faecad%7C0%7C0%7C636404041359682601&sdata=iTrXCE7ZOGJ%2F1X1po0jSHhcDaMGYcoWsM2umTz6xArA%3D&reserved=0> University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture (UTIA) 274 Ellington Plant Sciences Building Knoxville, TN 37996-4563 865.974.2740 [ofc] [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 865.974.4714 [fax] https://ag.tennessee.edu/fwf/Pages/FacultyStaff.aspx For more information about Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries at UTK, Please visit http://fwf.ag.utk.edu/<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffwf.ag.utk.edu%2F&data=02%7C01%7Clouise.rollins-smith%40vanderbilt.edu%7Cd6e6399cfb3a4576a60f08d4f61a887d%7Cba5a7f39e3be4ab3b45067fa80faecad%7C0%7C0%7C636404041359682601&sdata=8agnogTsewL71eB23E71BvA9BUjIBXq7kg9LgiwedmE%3D&reserved=0> or call 865.974.7126 _____________________________________________________________