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Humans infecting animals infecting humans − from COVID-19 to bird flu, preventing pandemics requires protecting all species

  • Written by Anna Fagre, Veterinary Microbiologist and Wildlife Epidemiologist, Colorado State University
Humans infecting animals infecting humans − from COVID-19 to bird flu, preventing pandemics requires protecting all speciesHuman, animal and environmental health are interconnected.Tambako the Jaguar/Moment via Getty Images

When the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020, humans had been the only species with reported cases of the disease. While early genetic analyses pointed to horseshoe bats as the evolutionary hosts of SARS-CoV-2,...

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