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Yanka [14]
4 years ago
10

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1 answer:
Sav [38]4 years ago
3 0

Explanation:

Spillover infection, also known as pathogen spillover and spillover event, occurs when a reservoir population with a high pathogen prevalence comes into contact with a novel host population. The pathogen is transmitted from the reservoir population and may or may not be transmitted within the host population.

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