Overview: Zoonotic Diseases (And COVID)

To-Do Date: Oct 2 at 11:59am

Zoonotic Diseases 

We are changing topics and beginning the unit on Zoonotic Diseases. These are disease that primarily affect non-human animals but can jump to people, and can be caused by viruses or bacteria.  Outbreaks of zoonotic diseases have been increasing in recent decades for a combination of factors.  It is estimated that 75% of emerging pathogens Links to an external site.that infect people are zoonotic.

 

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SARS-COV2 is an example of a zoonotic disease and we are going to dive into this topic in order to learn about viral vs. bacterial infections, our immune system, vaccinations, evolution of new variants and factors leading to the emergence of these new diseases.