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There’s a fair amount of viruses that have no animal reservoir. Either they evolved from a different human virus, or from an animal virus. Measles for example
by sarchertech 2mo ago
There’s a fair amount of viruses that have no animal reservoir.
Either they evolved from a different human virus, or from an animal virus.
Measles for example evolved from a livestock virus called rinderpest and lost the ability to infect cattle as it became a specialized human virus.