Dengue, Chikungunya, and Zika

These are very important emerging diseases. But before we discuss them, we must first ask where do emerging diseases typically come from? The answer, they come from animals. Scientists estimate that more than six out of every ten known infectious diseases in people are spread from animals. We talk about this and more in this important podcast.

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