zoonotic

As a zoonotic virus Ebola in its wild state is very unlikely to be optimised for human-to-human transmission.

As a zoonotic virus it is not very likely that Ebola is well adapted for effective human-to-human transmission.

The fact that there is no proven origin at this point strongly suggests zoonotic origin.

Careful veterinary practice can enhance human health, by reducing sources of zoonotic infections.

First, there is no answer to a zoonotic infection as mutable as influenza.

The lack of animals to domesticate meant fewer zoonotic diseases in Native American populations, so they were ill equipped when those diseases appeared.

In any case, zoonotic reservoirs likely slosh around a lot more than we think before spillover events.

My point is that factory farms aren’t a requirement for zoonotic viruses.

Or the claim that the virus definitely 100% had zoonotic origin?

When you have a zoonotic virus like this spreading out of control imagine what might happen if it becomes adapted for efficient human to human transmission.

I was more talking about whether it was originally responsible for the zoonotic transfer from pig to human that must have occurred.

Yes we could sustain great numbers, but with agriculture we introduced zoonotic disease vectors.

The article addresses it: "The first modification, eliminating a gene for chitin synthase, resulted in thinner fungal cell walls." This also has an enormous potential benefit of reducing avian flu and other zoonotic bird diseases.

Zoonotic viruses are responsible for many of our diseases today, but through natural selection we are adapted to many.