Zoonotic spillover: Understanding basic aspects for better prevention
Abstract The transmission of pathogens from wild animals to humans is called “zoonotic spillover”. Most human infectious diseases (60-75%) are derived from pathogens that originally circulated in non-human animal species. This demonstrates that spillover has a fundamental role in the emergence of ne...
| Published in: | Genetics and Molecular Biology |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Genética
2021-06-01
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572021000200313&tlng=en |