Host and viral traits predict zoonotic spillover from mammals

Host and viral traits predict zoonotic spillover from mammals – Nature (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Spillover Beasts: Which Animals Pose The Biggest Viral Risk? – NPR Goats and Soda (free) (RT @NPRGoatsandSoda see Tweet with interesting illustration) AND Bats Are the Number-One Carriers of Disease – TIME Health (free) AND Where in the world will the next emerging disease appear? – CNN (free text and video) AND Bats really do harbor more dangerous viruses than other species – Science (free) AND Whence new plagues? – The Economist (a few articles per month are free)

“The majority of human emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic, with viruses that originate in wild mammals of particular concern”