{"id":3557,"date":"2023-05-16T14:49:30","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T19:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=3557"},"modified":"2023-05-16T14:49:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T19:49:34","slug":"the-worlds-bat-lands-are-under-attack-seeding-risk-of-a-new-pandemic-heres-where","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2023\/05\/16\/the-worlds-bat-lands-are-under-attack-seeding-risk-of-a-new-pandemic-heres-where\/","title":{"rendered":"The World&#8217;s Bat Lands are Under Attack, Seeding Risk of a New Pandemic. Here&#8217;s Where."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/investigates\/special-report\/global-pandemic-bats-jumpzones\/\">Reuters<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our hunger for resources is driving worldwide destruction of areas rich with bats, carriers of tens of thousands of viruses. A Reuters data analysis pinpoints areas where conditions are ripe for a bat-borne disease to spill over to humanity. We\u2019ve dubbed these areas \u201cjump zones.\u201d For millennia, bat viruses posed little threat to humanity. Undisturbed wildlife habitat provided a protective barrier between pathogens and people. But human incursions have created a minefield of risk covering more than 9 million sq km across 113 countries, Reuters found. Now, more than one of every five people on Earth lives in these areas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scientists have accelerated testing\u00a0of bats in areas such as Laos, where they found viruses similar to the one that causes COVID-19. High-speed rail, like the link China is building in Southeast Asia, can help spread these viruses from once-remote areas to the rest of the world.Quickly expanding jump zones\u00a0in India are home to 500 million people, more than anywhere in the world. Fruit-loving bats feast on mangoes planted around newly constructed homes in the state of Kerala, where the deadly Nipah virus has surfaced three times since 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scientists see Brazil\u00a0as a likely cradle of a future pandemic. Rapid rainforest destruction has left 1.5 million sq km of land ripe for a bat-borne pathogen to infect humans. That\u2019s the most of any country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/investigates\/special-report\/global-pandemic-bats-jumpzones\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><canvas width=\"1680\" height=\"882\"><\/canvas><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><canvas width=\"1680\" height=\"882\"><\/canvas><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><canvas width=\"1680\" height=\"882\"><\/canvas><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>about:blank<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reuters Our hunger for resources is driving worldwide destruction of areas rich with bats, carriers of tens of thousands of viruses. A Reuters data analysis pinpoints areas where conditions are ripe for a bat-borne disease to spill over to humanity. We\u2019ve dubbed these areas \u201cjump zones.\u201d For millennia, bat viruses posed little threat to humanity. 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