St. Louis School of Medicine: Global Wildlife Surveillance Could Provide Early Warning for Next Pandemic
July 10, 2020
July 10, 2020
ST. LOUIS, Missouri, July 10 -- The Washington University St. Louis School of Medicine issued the following news release:
The virus that causes COVID-19 probably originated in wild bats that live in caves around Wuhan, China, and may have been passed to a second animal species before infecting people, according to the World Health Organization. Many of the most devastating epidemics of recent decades - including Ebola, avian influenza and HIV/AIDS - were triggered by animal viruses . . .
The virus that causes COVID-19 probably originated in wild bats that live in caves around Wuhan, China, and may have been passed to a second animal species before infecting people, according to the World Health Organization. Many of the most devastating epidemics of recent decades - including Ebola, avian influenza and HIV/AIDS - were triggered by animal viruses . . .