Professor of biology and infectious diseases, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC
I'm a research biologist compromised in understanding the long-term effects of anthropogenic activities in the ecology and evolution of zoonotic infectious diseases within a multi-scale framework encompassing bio-social and physical processes in ecosystems, biomes and biosphere in order to improving sustainable human persistance in the planet.
How deforestation helps deadly viruses jump from animals to humans
Jun 26, 2020 07:13 am UTC| Nature
The coronavirus pandemic, suspected of originating in bats and pangolins, has brought the risk of viruses that jump from wildlife to humans into stark focus. These leaps often happens at the edges of the worlds tropical...
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