http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol4no3/murphy.htm
Could these new dieases lead to a pandemic?
2007-05-18 16:37:19 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Pandemic, likely. Extinction, unlikely. One of the bases for natural immunity is tissue types. One virus is unlikely to lethal in all tissue types. Tissue types did not evolve to prevent transplantation.
2007-05-18 16:43:13 · answer #1 · answered by novangelis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could be. But it's unlikely. Zoonotic diseases aren't anything 'new'. They've been around since life began. It's just that they've gotten a lot more PR in the last few years ☺
Doug
2007-05-18 16:43:32 · answer #2 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A disease which causes extinction of the host causes extinction for itself. From an evolution point of view, that is a very poor survival trait. A successful disease or predator does not wipe out its meal ticket.
2007-05-18 16:59:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
get your facts right the yahoo article said it may INFECT 2,000,000,000 by 2012 and that is only if the swine flu becomes a pandemic which right now is unlikely because there is a vaccination in the process already and will be released in september if needed
2016-05-17 07:12:03 · answer #4 · answered by jeanetta 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but species are variants, so some will probably survive any zoonotic onslaught.
2007-05-18 16:42:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There could be widespread disease, but a total extinction of h. sapiens is improbable in the extreme.
2007-05-18 16:42:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋