Spilloverโ Emerging infectious disease โ True multi-host pathogen.#SARSCoV2 started as a spillover pathogen, but should now be referred to as a ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐๐น๐๐ถ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป given the sustained transmission in wild deer and documented deer-to-human transmission.
๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ: ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐๐๐
1. Eighteen elephants found dead yesterday in Assam. Social media is rife with comments like "How lightning could kill so many in one go?" or "Can't believe lightning could kill so many elephants.
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My 2 cents: One of the main instigators of human-leopard conflict in Maharashtra is the ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฉ (๐ก๐๐ซ๐) ๐๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐ (๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐) policy. Such trappings by MahFD aren't always 'official' (not sanctioned by Chief Wildlife Warden).
A great start to 2021! Our Perspective paper published today in @FrontVetScience!We recommend ๐๐๐
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, ๐๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ to position #CWD management ahead of the ever-progressing CWD front.https://t.co/wDc6oocklR @atle_my 1/4
— Aniruddha Belsare (@anyadoc) January 6, 2021
#NipahVirus #Kerala How many bats to sample to detect at least 1 infected bat with high level of confidence (95%)? Regardless of the bat population size, epidemiological Sample Size tables suggest a sample size of ~60 if the hypothesized population prevalence is 5%.