Is globalisation breeding dangerous viruses?

Travelling viruses

The rapidly globalising world might be becoming a breeding ground for new dangerous viruses, warns a new Canadian study.

The study by the University of Western Ontario says that as people from one part of the world mingle with those from the other end of the world, the viruses travelling with them also mingle to create newer, deadlier strains by natural selection.

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