What increases the risk of zoonotic disease? | Wellcome
Channel: Wellcome
Date: 2022-03-28

To quote Benjamin Franklin, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”.  

Expenditures for prevention and preparedness are measured in billions of dollars. The cost of a pandemic in trillions. We need to understand how, where and why a zoonotic disease may emerge so that we can develop prevention strategies to deal with the problem at the source.  

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