Bat Virus Evolution Suggests Wildlife Trade Sparked COVID-19 Virus Emergence in Humans - P7

By Susanne Clara Bard

March 7, 2025

Source: UC San Diego Today

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Zoonotic spillover events are on the rise worldwide due to an increase in human-animal interactions via the wildlife trade, as well as urbanization and habitat destruction. The researchers believe that by continuing to sample wild bat populations for sarbecoviruses, it may be possible to discover where the next coronavirus pandemic will come from. What’s more, understanding the evolutionary history of these viruses and other pathogens can help us prepare for and control future disease outbreaks.

Additional co-authors on the study include: Jennifer L. Havens and Yu Wang at UC San Diego; Tetyana I. Vasylyeva at UC San Diego and University of California Irvine; Andrew Rambaut at University of Edinburgh; Spyros Lytras at University of Tokyo and University of Glasgow; Joseph Hughes and David L. Robertson at University of Glasgow; Mahan Ghafari and Aris Katzourakis at University of Oxford; Andrew F. Magee and Marc A. Suchard at University of California Los Angeles; Edyth Parker at The Scripps Research Institute and Redeemer’s University; Xiang Ji at Tulane University; Alice C. Hughes at University of Hong Kong and China Biodiversity Green Development Foundation; and Philippe Lemey at KU Leuven.

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