Feb
25

Field in Focus | Predicting Pandemics

In this video series from the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, we focus on the research scientists are doing in the field to understand how zoonotic diseases make the leap from animal to human.

Animal health and human health are connected. Seventy-five percent of emerging infectious diseases begin in wildlife species and jump to humans. Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute veterinarians with the Global Health Program are studying infectious disease in different species to help prevent and predict pandemics.

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Posted: 25 February 2019
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