How deforestation helps deadly viruses jump from animals to humans
Humans need to balance the production of food, forest commodities and other goods with the protection of tropical forests.
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Gabriel Zorello Laporta is Professor of biology and infectious diseases in Faculdade de Medicina do ABC. His research involves understanding long-term effects of anthropogenic activities in the ecology and evolution of zoonotic infectious diseases within a multi-scale framework encompassing bio-social and physical processes in ecosystems, biomes and biosphere.
