New Bat Studies Aim to Prevent Future Pandemics
December 20, 2020
A researcher for Brazil s state-run Fiocruz Institute takes an oral swab sample from a bat captured in the Atlantic Forest, at Pedra Branca state park, near Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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Researchers from around the world are increasing efforts to find animal populations that could start future human pandemics.
The aim is to identify zoonotic diseases those that can spread from animals to humans.
Coronaviruses, for example, can infect both animals and humans. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and prevention (CDC) says coronaviruses, like the new one affecting much of the world, “are common in people and many different
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