New study highlights the impact of rapid urbanization on the emergence of zoonotic diseases
Nearly 3.5 billion people live in the messy transition zone between cities and wild places, where agriculture abuts homes; ...
Potentially deadly zoonotic virus found in US, sparking concerns of spread to humans
A fatal virus has been discovered in shrews in Alabama, sparking concerns about potential contagion to humans. The Camp Hill virus was discovered by researchers at The University of Queensland.
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Cross-Species Transmission of Viral Infections
In the study of infectious diseases, a critical and complex phenomenon is the transmission of viruses across different host species. Such events can lead to ...
Some viruses prefer mosquitoes to humans, but people get sick anyway − a virologist and entomologist explain why
The virus that causes eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, has evolved to infect mosquitoes. To be able to spread between ...
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Rising mpox trends in DR Congo: the neglected spread of an epidemic
The monkeypox virus is causing concurrent outbreaks of mpox in Africa, with more and more frequent exportations outside the ...