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https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/05/americas/covid-19-hippos-belgium-intl/index.html
Hippos with snotty noses test positive for Covid.
Another example of when virologists use the term "spillover"- one species "donates" the virus to another species and the virus is able to take off in the new species.
Zoonosis is generally one way spillover - animal species -> human.
Paul Ewald is generally considered the first researcher of the study zoonosis.
He wrote two books on the origins and evolution of pathogens
'Evolution and infectious disease' (1994)
"Plague time: The new germ theory of disease'
Sample diseases:
Black plague - Yrsinia pestis
Smallpox- Variaola virus evolved from Vaccinia on cow udders
HPV Human pappilloma virus - vaginal cancer
Common Cold
Several Coronavirus diseases - Mers, Sars, Covid, 4 Common cold viruses
Rabies
Cat Scratch Fever
There are reports on these diseases:
https://www.understandinganimalrese...onotic-diseases-the-who-the-why-and-the-when/
13 of them are responsible for 2+ million human deaths every year. Excluding Covid - which as of
2021/12/05 (per Worldometer): 5,270,933 deaths.
Hippos with snotty noses test positive for Covid.
Another example of when virologists use the term "spillover"- one species "donates" the virus to another species and the virus is able to take off in the new species.
Zoonosis is generally one way spillover - animal species -> human.
Paul Ewald is generally considered the first researcher of the study zoonosis.
He wrote two books on the origins and evolution of pathogens
'Evolution and infectious disease' (1994)
"Plague time: The new germ theory of disease'
Sample diseases:
Black plague - Yrsinia pestis
Smallpox- Variaola virus evolved from Vaccinia on cow udders
HPV Human pappilloma virus - vaginal cancer
Common Cold
Several Coronavirus diseases - Mers, Sars, Covid, 4 Common cold viruses
Rabies
Cat Scratch Fever
There are reports on these diseases:
https://www.understandinganimalrese...onotic-diseases-the-who-the-why-and-the-when/
13 of them are responsible for 2+ million human deaths every year. Excluding Covid - which as of
2021/12/05 (per Worldometer): 5,270,933 deaths.