For millennia, bat viruses lurked in forests across West Africa, India, South America and other parts of the world. But, undisturbed, they posed little threat to humanity.
found. Today, as more and more people encroach on bat habitat, bat-borne pathogens pose an epidemiological minefield in 113 countries, where risk is high that a virus will jump species and infect humans.
Bats hang on the branches of a tree in Ganta, in Nimba County, Liberia, June 13, 2021. To match Special Report GLOBAL-PANDEMICS/BATS-JUMPZONES REUTERS/Zohra Bensemraof disease-outbreak and environmental data to pinpoint the places on the planet most vulnerable to "zoonotic spillover" – the term for when a virus jumps between species.
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