Prognosis
China’s Wildlife Is a Pandemic ‘Waiting to Happen,’ Study Finds
- Wildlife survey finds 18 high-risk viruses for humans, animals
- Civets shown to carry highest number of worrisome pathogens
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Wildlife species sold in wet markets in China were linked to the emergence of SARS and Covid-19. Now a comprehensive survey of viral pathogens has found they harbor a range of diseases threatening humans and other animals.