# Climate Change, Deforestation Drive Bat Virus Spillover Into Humans

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/climate-change-deforestation-drive-bat-virus-spillover-into-humans/
- Published: 2022-11-29T10:00:56-06:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

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 […] Click here to view original web page at www.the-scientist.com