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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… fractured by intensive human development. Ballooning deer populations, second-growth forests, suburban and exurban … because the US government’s Plum Island biowarfare and animal research lab was nearby in Long Island Sound, they … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Animal reservoirs—where the next SARS-CoV-2 variant could arise
Animal reservoirs—where the next SARS-CoV-2 variant could … including not only big cats like tigers and lions but also domestic cats and dogs, gorillas, white-tailed deer, … the potential for the pathogen to transmit back to human populations. As the virus jumps across species barriers, …
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Machine learning IDs mammal species with the potential to spread SARS-CoV-2
… the potential to spread SARS-CoV-2 Insights can guide surveillance to prevent secondary spillover, new … the virus that causes COVID-19, originated in an animal before making the jump to people. Now, people have … landscapes and in close proximity to people – including domestic animals, livestock, and animals that are traded and …
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The threat nobody is talking about? Covid spillback
… pandemic most likely started when a virus jumped from an animal into a human. Now scientists are worried it will jump … Service (APHIS) is conducting surveillance efforts of both domestic animals and wildlife. The agency is closely … work is important, she believes that monitoring wild animal populations is far more important in terms of preventing …
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The Search for Animals That Could Carry the Next Deadly Virus
… COVID-19 What animal is most likely to host the next deadly coronavirus? … under way, including one at Ohio State University, to test domestic, wild, zoo and livestock animals to see whether … locations that aren’t always easy to get to. “Bat populations die and no one hears about it,” says Dr. Boni. …
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Cary Institute partners on $3M study on COVID-19 variants that could emerge from wildlife
… Many wild animals can carry COVID-19, including those that live among us, such … The award comes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service through the … susceptible to infection. Viral outbreaks in most wild populations are under-observed, with estimations of the …
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Cary to co-lead $4.8M study on how environmental conditions shape viral outbreaks in wild rodents
… and human behavior influence viral outbreaks in wild rodent populations, to identify hotspots with high potential for … Viruses are most likely to jump from animals to humans when animal hosts have high viral loads and frequent contact with … about viral emergence at scales where management can actually mitigate disease emergence,” said Han. …
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Human impact on the environment may make pandemics more likely, experts warn
… London, is the virus had to morph to make the jump from animal host to human host. "Most wildlife diseases just … houses next to them, grow livestock right next to their populations...," said Daszak. "We allow the viruses they … and transported surrounded by other animals, wild and domestic, and people in crowded conditions. "If you were …
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Bats not the enemy in the fight against COVID-19
… Europe and Southeast Asia, said the demonisation of the animal group may undo the important efforts in outreach on … suggest that they all have their ecological origin in bat populations.” “The big problem is that since it was … would be so much easier and safer. Virologists get quick publications easily from bats and bats have few defenders …
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Michael J Fargione
… for and support of relevant ecological research. To facilitate opportunities for appropriate public use of our … the interactions between human actions and wildlife populations, and finding ways to mitigate human-wildlife … impacts of deer on forest communities and how these impacts can be altered using habitat management and controlled …
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