Approximately 60% of infectious diseases are zoonotic, or start in animals. That's also true of about 75% of new and emerging infectious diseases.
Researchers from Harvard Law School and New York University studied this as part of a larger project in which they aim to assess zoonotic disease risks related to animal industries in 15 countries.
The new report “should change the narrative” that spillover is a “foreign” problem, Dr. Suresh Kuchipudi, an expert on zoonotic disease at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, told the“The risk of disease transmission is not really confined to a particular geography or cultural practice,” he added. “It can happen wherever there is frequent wild or domestic animal and human interactions.”virus are still uncertain.
The authors considered the number of animals involved, the pathogens they are known to carry, interactions with humans and biosecurity practices.
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