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Hantavirus study shows restoring forests can reduce zoonotic disease risk
by Anna Nordseth on 11 May 2021
Brazilian scientists have found that transmission of hantavirus, a deadly infection, could be reduced by 45% if Brazil restores its Atlantic Forest to levels mandated by its Native Vegetation Protection Law.
Hantavirus, spresd by contact with infected rodents, can become more prevalent across a landscape when forests are cleared and rodent populations increase.
While the study’s simulations must be confirmed by field studies, this initial research shows that lowering zoonotic disease risk through forest restoration holds promise.
The COVID-19 pandemic brought zoonotic diseases into the global spotlight in a way nothing has done for a century, even though zoonoses diseases passed between humans and animals have always posed a public health threat. The coronavirus pandemic, however, has forced us to confront the connection between human and environment ....

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