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Sacred Cows and Sympathetic Squirrels: The Importance of Biological Diversity to Human Health

26 May 2006

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Dobson and colleagues describe how some host species act to reduce the risk of transmission of virulent zoonotic pathogens to humans.

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PMID: 16729846
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030231

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