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Humans transmit viruses to animals more frequently than vice versa

The Japan Times — March 27, 2024, 04:00 AM UTC

Summary: A new study analyzing 12 million viral genomes found humans transmit viruses to animals twice as often as vice versa. Of 3,000 cross-species transmissions, 79% were between animals, with 21% involving humans. Among these, 64% were human-to-animal (anthroponosis) and 36% animal-to-human (zoonosis) transmissions. This challenges the common belief that zoonotic diseases primarily originate from animals.

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