A strategy to assess spillover risk of bat SARS-related coronaviruses in Southeast Asia

Coronaviruses may spill over from bats to humans. This study uses epidemiological data, species distribution models, and probabilistic risk assessment to map overlap among people and SARSr-CoV bat hosts and estimate how many people are infected with bat-origin SARSr-CoVs in Southeast Asia annually.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cecilia A. Sánchez, Hongying Li, Kendra L. Phelps, Carlos Zambrana-Torrelio, Lin-Fa Wang, Peng Zhou, Zheng-Li Shi, Kevin J. Olival, Peter Daszak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31860-w