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The two hunters consumed venison from a deer population known to be infected with zombie deer disease. Read to learn more.

The University of the Free State (UFS) has excelled over recent years as a research-led, student-centred, and regionally engaged university that contributes to development and social justice through the production of globally competitive graduates and knowledge.

Study describes a novel method to search for zoonotic pathogens from animal tissues archived in museums.

The adoption of a preventive One Health approach helps minimize the risk of future emergence of known and unknown zoonotic pathogens.

Zoonotic pathogens present a major global health problem.

Researchers from different countries examined various animal species from wildlife trade sites to detect the presence of zoonotic pathogens in Laos, South East Asia.

A Chinese PhD Thesis Sheds Important New Light On The Origin of the COVID-19 Coronavirus Posted on One of the very earliest scientific papers from the COVID-19 pandemic era now has over 11,000 citations. Appearing in the scientific journal Nature on February 3rd 2020, Zhou et al., 2020 reported the genome sequence of a novel coronavirus isolated from patients with atypical pneumonia in Wuhan, China. Its senior author was leading coronavirus researcher Zheng-li Shi of the Wuhan Institute of Vi...