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Infectious animals

By Amanda Leigh Mascarelli / April 17, 2013

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Critters spread many germs that can sicken each other — and even kill people

Posted in Animals, Body & Health | Tagged AIDS, bush meat, bushmeat, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Columbia University, Ebola, EcoHealth Alliance, ecology, emerging infectious disease, epidemic, epidemiology, feature, flu, Hendra virus, HIV, Ian Lipkin, Influenza, Jonathan Epstein, Kristine Smith, Melissa Miller, microbiology, Nipah virus, pathogen, Salmonella, salmonellosis, SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome, simian immunodeficiency syndrome, SIV, topstories, vaccination, vaccine, zoonosis, zoonotic

Ebola in the air

By Stephen Ornes / December 11, 2012

Scientists have found that a type of Ebola virus that infects humans can pass from piglets to macaques, like the one shown here, through the air. Credit: FreeDigitalPhotos.net

A deadly virus can spread through the air from pigs to monkeys

Posted in Body & Health | Tagged Africa, contagion, Ebola, Gary Kobinger, getinvolved, infection, macaque, outbreak, piglet, topstories, University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, virus