Where and How Does Cross-Species Disease Transmission Occur In Urban Settings?

A study of emerging diseases in the fast-growing capital city of Nairobi shows that pathogens may be more likely to jump from animals to humans in parts of the city with high densities of people, livestock and urban-adapted wildlife such as rats.

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