The 7 Levels of Diseases Spread by Animals

What the film says

1. An estimated 476,000 Americans a year are diagnosed and treated for Lyme disease.

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2. The West African Ebola epidemic began in December 2013, and the index case is believed to be a young boy, later identified as Emile Ouamouno, in Guinea.

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3. By its end the West African epidemic had infected 28,616 people and killed 11,310.

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4. Nipah virus was first identified in 1998 during an outbreak in Malaysia, with cases also in Singapore.

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5. Raw date palm sap is a known Nipah risk, and there is no vaccine or specific treatment.

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6. About 60% of known human infectious diseases and up to 75% of emerging ones are zoonotic.

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