Ian Sample talks to Prof Kate Jones about whether the current coronavirus pandemic is part of a wider picture of increasing animal-to-human virus transmission. Are we are looking at a future where outbreaks of new infectious diseases become more common?
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- Kate Jones is a professor of ecology and biodiversity in the centre for biodiversity and environmental research, within the research department of genetics, evolution and environment at University College London
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