Each year in Southeast Asia, more than 66,000 people become infected with the bat Sars virus. This startling observation is the result of research that has been published NatureCommunications in August 2022, perfectly illustrates the dramatic turn that has recently taken place in the study of zoological diseases. As recently as ten years ago, most experts believed that zoonotic diseases were rare events limited by the barrier effect between species. “Now we all know that many pathogens cross the animal-human barrier every day.”emphasizes Pr: Pierre Tattevin, Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Rennes University Hospital. This conceptual revolution called into question all strategies for the prevention of zoonotic epidemics.
This cross-species porosity does not mean that all pathogens that can easily cross species pose a threat to humans. In some cases, double exposure to these viruses can…
Source: Le Figaro
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