Since 1980, the world has been threatened by different waves of emerging disease
epidemics. In the twenty-first century, these diseases have become an increasing global …

Identifying the animal reservoirs from which zoonotic viruses will likely emerge is central to
understanding the determinants of disease emergence. Accordingly, there has been an …

The World Health Organization defines a zoonosis as any infection naturally transmissible
from vertebrate animals to humans. The pandemic of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) …

The transmission of pathogens from wild animals to humans is called “zoonotic spillover”.
Most human infectious diseases (60-75%) are derived from pathogens that originally …

Wildlife trade is an increasing problem worldwide, whether legal or illegal. It causes species
extinction, connects to organized crime and contributes to social unrest. Wildlife trade is …

The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is the third coronavirus this century to threaten human
health, killing more than two million people globally. Like previous coronaviruses, SARS …

The overhunting of wildlife for food and commercial gain presents a major threat to
biodiversity in tropical forests and poses health risks to humans from contact with wild …

Bats are reservoirs for several zoonotic pathogens, including filoviruses. Recent work
highlights the diversity of bat borne filoviruses in Asia. High risk activities at the bat-human …

The harvest of bushmeat is widespread in the tropics and sub-tropics. Often in these
communities, there is a dependence on bushmeat for both food security and basic income …

Dietary factors in the etiology of COVID-19 are understudied. High dietary sodium intake
leading to sodium toxicity is associated with comorbid conditions of COVID-19 such as …