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Interesting new study that shows huge knowledge gaps in spillover potential in endangered species which is bad news for us. It's also bad news for the endangered species themselves who are at risk of being wiped out completely if a new virus strikes, considering they are already facing serious extinction risks
Viral diversity and zoonotic risk in endangered species
Out in #ProcB: "Advances in understanding bat infection dynamics across biological scales", a review of what's known and what's not about viral circulation and spillover in bat populations. A great synthesis emerging from U.S.-South Africa partnership, led by EcoHealth Alliance's Cecilia Sánchez!
dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.2…
(And I note, on #InternationalWomensDay, an international collaboration of mostly women ECRs )
Brazil develops the first vaccine against schistosomiasis, the disease of swollen bellies
The researchers are waiting for the WHO to approve the treatment, which is the first in the world to protect against a worm that infects 200 million people a year
JUN 14, 2023
Excellent commentary urging coupling of field and laboratory research on viruses in just bats but also other animals. Bridging the gaps between ecology, veterinary/wildlife pathology, human health, and lab-based molecular studies are imperative. #OneHealth #veterinarymed #wildlifepathology #virology #ecology
thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/…
Coupling field and laboratory studies of immunity and infection in zoonotic hosts
The COVID-19 pandemic and discovery of SARS-CoV-2-like viruses in Rhinolophus bats has reinforced the need to identify wildlife sources of zoonotic pathogens and to forecast where and when spillover to humans is likely to occur.The Lancet Microbe
