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Factors that may predict next pandemic

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Zoonotic pathogen diversity. Red = high diversity, green = low diversity. Credit: Singh et al.
Zoonotic pathogen diversity. Red = high diversity, green = low diversity. Credit: Singh et al.

New modelling identifies human and human-influenced environmental factors associated with disease outbreaks, including in Australia. A country’s land area, human population density, and area of forest are associated with zoonotic diseases, like COVID-19. Human development index, average annual temperature, and health expenditure predict other kinds of disease.

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conference: Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
Research:Paper
Organisation/s: The University of Sydney
Funder: Australian government.
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