Climate Change, Deforestation Drive Bat Virus Spillover Into Humans

Photo credit: © iStock by Getty Images, CraigRJD. Article by Amanda Heidt. The Scientist – November 17, 2022.

Scientists in the US and Australia have laid out in detail the steps that cause Hendra virus, which causes a rare and sometimes deadly respiratory and neurological infection, to spillover into humans. Using a dataset that spans decades, the researchers demonstrated how climate change and deforestation have shifted the […]

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