The risk of virus emergence in South America: a subtle balance between increasingly favorable conditions and a protective environment

South American ecosystems host astonishing biodiversity, with potentially great richness in viruses. However, these ecosystems have not yet been the source of any widespread, epidemic viruses. Here we explore a set of putative causes that may explain this apparent paradox. We discuss that human pres...

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Main Author:	Thoisy, B. (author)
Other Authors:	Gräf, Tiago (author), Santos Mansur, Daniel (author), Delfraro Vázquez, Adriana Beatriz (author), Nunes Duarte dos Santos, Claudia (author)
Format:	article
Language:	English
Published:	2024
Subjects:	Virus emergence Amazonia Deforestation Climate change
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12008/49626
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