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A diagram illustrating the transmission of hantavirus from rodent droppings to humans.
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Could Restoring Forests Reduce Disease Risk? A Case Study of Hantavirus in Madagascar

By James Herrera, Ph.D. Originally published in Duke TODAY on April 8, 2025.   COVID-19 continues to plague us, Mpox is an emerging global threat, and the avian flu is decimating industrial poultry as well as endangered wildlife. What do all these epidemics have in common? They originated in wild animals and spread to domestic animals […]