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Spillover: Animal Infections and the next Human Pandemic. Talking to author David Quammen.
Season 26
Episode 4
Published 1 year, 11 months ago
Description
Spillover, or zoonosis, is the infection of humans with animal viruses. In his book Spillover, David Quammen recounts the frightening phenomenon whereby EBOLA, HIV, SARS among other diseases have moved into human populations. About 60% of human diseases originated in animals. And what is the probable origin of the next pandemic ?