How viruses jump from hosts: Secrets of cross-species rabies transmission
Thursday, August 5, 2010 - 14:21
in Biology & Nature
HIV-AIDS. SARS. Ebola. Bird flu. Swine flu. Rabies. These are emerging infectious diseases where the viruses have jumped from one animal species into another and now infect humans. This is a phenomenon known as cross-species transmission and scientists are working to determine what drives it.