London: A study has revealed that domesticated and wild animals do not infect humans with viruses as much as humans do to animals.
Researchers at the UK’s University College London (UCL) analyzed all publicly available viral genome sequences to determine where the virus from one organism infected another vertebrate.
Understanding why and how viruses are transmitted from one organism to another will help scientists understand how new epidemics will emerge in humans and animals.
Most pandemics are caused by viruses that run in animals and when they are transmitted to humans (a process known as zoonosis) they become regional and global outbreaks of diseases such as Ebola, or Covid-19. can do
According to experts, in view of the widespread impact of these diseases on public health, humans have generally been considered the target of viruses rather than the source of viruses, and the transmission of viruses from humans to animals has received little attention.
In this new study, scientists found that twice as many viruses are transmitted from animals to humans than from animals.
