Tracking Virus Origins: How Animals Harbor Outbreaks Before Humans
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Viruses almost always originate in animals and jump to humans; identifying the animal hosts helps scientists infer how spillovers occur and guides measures to prevent future outbreaks, with examples like influenza from wild aquatic birds, hantaviruses from rodents, mpox from rodents such as squirrels, and HIV from chimpanzees.
The Urgent Mystery of Where Viruses Hide The New York Times
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