Changing climate may affect animal-to-human disease transfer

1 May 2019
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“Now that we know that environmental conditions are key, the question is: how can we develop models to predict disease moving between species in times of global environmental change?” Dr Wells said.

Climate change could affect occurrences of diseases like bird-flu and Ebola, with environmental factors playing a larger role than previously understood in animal-to-human disease transfer.

Researchers from The University of Queensland and Swansea University have been looking at how different environments provide opportunities for animal-to-human diseases – known as zoonotic diseases – to interact with and infect new host species, including humans.

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