José Antonio Oteo Revuelta

José Antonio Oteo Revuelta

José Antonio Oteo Revuelta
Position

Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases. Director of the Laboratory of Special Pathogens. Center for Rickettiosis and Diseases Transmitted by Arthropod Vectors. San Pedro University Hospital - CIBIR (La Rioja)

Reactions to research warning of risk of more viral zoonoses due to climate change

Climate change will lead to at least 15,000 new cross-species virus transmissions by 2070, as habitat shifts on a 2°C warmer planet will bring previously distant animals closer together. This result, published in Nature, points to increased exposure of humans to pathogens from wild animals.