zoonotic diseases

Whole genome sequencing of the virus infecting the farm animals showed that it spread from the workers to the mink and back, indicating that an animal could serve as a viral reservoir.

Government authorities say because the animals are good hosts of the novel coronavirus, and this new viral variant could undermine vaccine efforts against COVID-19, they are destroying the nation's entire stock of mink.

Animals that can host pathogens dangerous to humans, such as rodents, birds, and bats, are proportionately more common in human-occupied spaces than in remote areas.

Preliminary modeling studies provide a shortlist of potential coronavirus intermediate host species.

Health authorities have ruled out the usual suspects, leading to fears that a novel virus is causing the infections in Hubei Province.

The USAID’s Predict program, which conducted animal virus surveillance and disease outbreak prevention training, is ending after its 10-year funding run.

Wide availability of infection control and diagnostic resources is required to control outbreaks early.

Numerous studies link habitat destruction to malaria and other vector-borne diseases, but the relationship isn’t always clear.

The Bombali Ebola virus was identified in bats in Sierra Leone, and there’s no evidence that it has infected people or causes human disease.

The bat version of the STING protein helps dampen the mammals' immune response to infection, researchers have found.

A step-by-step study of diseases that jump species gives subtle clues about future epidemics.

Scientists have discovered a mechanism by which the Rift Valley fever virus infects the cells of its hosts.

Researchers aim to predict new infectious disease outbreaks that spread from animals to humans.

Researchers find that the potentially deadly virus uses cholesterol to gain access to cells.

Macaque trainers in Bangladesh are often bitten by their monkeys, but rarely infected by a particular simian retrovirus.

The midwestern U.S. and central Asia are at high risk for new disease outbreaks from pathogen-bearing rodents, according to a study.

Chinese farmers’ efforts at rearing wild animals may benefit conservation and reduce human health risks.

Researchers have concluded that these animals, known as the “ships of the desert,” can ferry the deadly coronavirus, perhaps infecting people.