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Predicting hotspots for diseases that pass from bats to humans
A study published in the journal Nature Food highlights areas of the world where coronaviruses, similar to the current SARS CoV2 virus, are most likely to jump from bats to humans. Many hotspots combine fragmented forest, livestock farming, human habitation and populations of horseshoe bats.
One of the authors is New Zealand animal health expert David Hayman of Massey University.
(Image: Lesser horseshoe bat, Credit: Getty Images.)
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