Spillover: Zika, Ebola and Beyond

American Society for Microbiology. 12/06/2016 This 24-minute discussion focuses on diseases that spill over from animals to humans, what is behind their increase, and what can be done to combat them. The speakers are filmmakers who investigated the rise of spillover viruses like Zika, Ebola, and Nipah. They discuss how human behaviors spread diseases, and what science can do to anticipate and prevent epidemics around the world. (Video or Multimedia)

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - June 16, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news