Humans have given wild animals diseases nearly 100 times, study says
2 years, 9 months ago

Humans have given wild animals diseases nearly 100 times, study says

Daily Mail  

It's widely believed that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid, was spread from wild animals to humans. These pathogens likely spread from humans to wild animals in multiple ways, such as wild animals' contact with human sewage. A spillover describes a virus's jump from another species, while a spillback is the virus going from humans back into wild animals Pictured is the European hedgehog, which was infected by humans with the Streptococcus pyogenes bacteria HUMAN-TO-WILDLIFE TRANSMISSIONS - M. tuberculosis - Measles - Influenza A - Rotavirus A - Hepatitis B - Staphylococcus aureus An international research team led by scientists at Georgetown University have authored the new study, published today in Ecology Letters. About 35 per cent of 360 white-tailed deer have tested positive for Covid in Ohio, researchers reported in December 2021 Some data suggest that deer have given the virus back to humans in at least one case, and many scientists have expressed broader concerns that new animal reservoirs might give the virus extra chances to evolve new variants.

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Dozens of viruses detected in Chinese fur farm animals
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Dozens of viruses detected in Chinese fur farm animals

The Hindu  

Dozens of viruses have been detected mixing in animals at fur farms in China, some of which are new and have the potential to spill over into humans, researchers said on Wednesday, September 4, 2024. Virologist Edward Holmes, who has led research into Covid-19, told AFP he felt that the global fur farming industry “is one most likely ways by …

Humans give more viruses to animals than they give us, study finds
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Humans give more viruses to animals than they give us, study finds

Hindustan Times  

Some of the deadliest diseases to stalk humankind have come from pathogens that jumped from animals to people. "This really highlights our enormous impact on the environment and the animals around us," said Cedric Tan, a doctoral student in computational biology at the University College London Genetics Institute, lead author of the study published this week in the journal Nature …

Humans may give viruses to animals in ‘spillback’ events more often than previously thought
2 years, 9 months ago

Humans may give viruses to animals in ‘spillback’ events more often than previously thought

The Independent  

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Pandemic mystery: Scientists focus on COVID’s animal origins
3 years ago

Pandemic mystery: Scientists focus on COVID’s animal origins

Associated Press  

Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the origin of the virus tormenting the world remains shrouded in mystery. “The lab-leak scenario gets a lot of attention, you know, on places like Twitter,” but “there’s no evidence that this virus was in a lab,” said University of Utah scientist Stephen Goldstein, who with 20 others wrote an article in the …

Scientists find 18 more viruses from China's wet markets
3 years, 1 month ago

Scientists find 18 more viruses from China's wet markets

India TV News  

Highlights The origins of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has been linked with a seafood market in Wuhan The first cases of SARS-CoV-2 likely emerged from animal to human transmission at Wuhan's wet market An international team of scientists has identified 18 mammalian viruses, which pose high risk to humans and domestic animals, from China's infamous wet markets. China has maintained …

WHO confirms possibility of Covid-19 transmission from humans to cats, dogs, tigers
3 years, 8 months ago

WHO confirms possibility of Covid-19 transmission from humans to cats, dogs, tigers

Hindustan Times  

The World Health Organisation confirms the possibility of transmission of Covid-19 from humans to cats, dogs, minks, raccoon dogs, lions and tigers, WHO representative to Russia Melita Vujnovic said on Monday. REUTERS/Sayed Sheasha "The Covid-19 virus spreads mainly through human-to-human transmission, but there is evidence of human-to-animal transmission as it is a zoonotic virus," Vujnovic said in an interview to …

SARS-CoV-2 virus can multiply in animals: Study
3 years, 9 months ago

SARS-CoV-2 virus can multiply in animals: Study

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Testing on animals for efficacy of Covid-19 vaccine hides the true possible potential of the SARS-CoV-2’s ability to make the leap from humans to various animals, and the impact of such a jump, it is feared. Among animals that were tested for vaccine efficacy in India, after they were injected with Covid-19 causing virus were rats, mice, rabbits, and …

Up to 850,000 animal viruses could be caught by humans, unless we protect nature: UN report
4 years, 1 month ago

Up to 850,000 animal viruses could be caught by humans, unless we protect nature: UN report

Firstpost  

The report says an estimated 1.7 million currently undiscovered viruses are thought to exist in mammal and avian hosts. A major report released today says up to 850,000 undiscovered viruses which could be transferred to humans are thought to exist in mammal and avian hosts. Without preventative strategies, pandemics will emerge more often, sp The report says, on average, five …

Humans spreading Covid to animals? 10,000 minks dead at US farm, experts say virus spread from humans
4 years, 2 months ago

Humans spreading Covid to animals? 10,000 minks dead at US farm, experts say virus spread from humans

India Today  

Nearly 10,000 minks have died at fur farms in the US following a series of Covid-19 outbreaks, with experts now indicating that the virus was transmitted from humans to these animals. "The virus first appeared in minks in August, shortly after farmworkers fell ill in July, according to Dr Dean Taylor, State Veterinarian of Utah," CNN reported. US agency confirms …

Intensive agriculture raises future pandemic risk, with animals and people in close contact: Study
4 years, 4 months ago

Intensive agriculture raises future pandemic risk, with animals and people in close contact: Study

Firstpost  

COVID-19 is almost certain to have originated in animals before passing to and spreading among humans. Intensive farming makes future pandemics such as COVID-19 more likely as wild animals carrying diseases known to infect humans are forced into increasingly close contact with us, research showed Wednesday. Land used for farming is expanding every year, often to the detriment of natural …

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