Phys.org September 4, 2024 An international team of researchers (China, Belgium, Sweden, Australia, USA – UCLA) performed single-sample metatranscriptomic sequencing of internal tissues from 461 individual fur animals that were found dead due to disease. They characterized 125 virus species, including 36 that were novel and 39 at potentially high risk of cross-species transmission, including zoonotic spillover. They identified seven species of coronaviruses, and documented the cross-species transmission of a novel canine respiratory coronavirus to raccoon dogs and bat coronaviruses to mink, present at a high abundance in lung tissues. Three subtypes of influenza A virus—H1N2, H5N6 and H6N2—were detected […]
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Team of international experts call for urgent action against increasing threat from invasive species
Phys.org June 3, 2024 According to a critical evaluation by the 88 authors, representing 101 organizations from 47 countries, urgent action is needed to curb the major and growing threats from invasive alien species, a major threat to nature and people, all over the world. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Thematic Assessment Report on Invasive Alien Species and Their Control (hereafter ‘IPBES invasive alien species assessment’) drew on more than 13,000 scientific publications and reports in 15 languages as well as Indigenous and local knowledge on all taxa, ecosystems and regions across the globe. Therefore, […]