Tag Archives : emergence of new pathogens
Conservation Medicine: looking into the rise in disease transmission from animals to humans (and the climate connection of it all)
There are two major reasons behind the rise in disease transmission from animals to humans: humans encroaching on forested lands and rise in Earth’s temperature due to global warming. A new field called ‘conservation medicine’ looks into ‘how ecosystem disturbance and changing interactions between wildlife and humans can lead to the spread [...]
