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where diseases come from · the animal ledger, again
of the diseases we catch, about six in ten came from animals. of the new ones, three in four. measles from cattle. flu from birds and pigs. hiv from chimpanzees, by bushmeat. plague from rodents. covid, most likely, from a wildlife market. bird flu, now, from the sheds.
method Taylor et al. 2001 (61% zoonotic); Jones et al. 2008 (75% of emerging).
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how this number is built
- method
- Taylor et al. 2001 (61% zoonotic); Jones et al. 2008 (75% of emerging).
- range
- n/a
- confidence
- estimate
- weakness
- COVID origin stated as 'most likely' per Worobey et al. 2022; contested.
- dispute
- dispute LGR-087 · corrections are credited
- data
- channels.json (sign-in) · full entry · CC BY 4.0