title: Ecological and taxonomic variation among human RNA viruses.
abstract: Only a minority of RNA viruses that can infect humans are capable of spreading in human populations independently of a zoonotic reservoir. This is especially true of vector-borne RNA viruses; the majority of these are not transmissible (via the vector) between humans at all. Understanding the biology underlying this observation will help us evaluate the public health risk associated with novel vector-borne RNA viruses.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Immunology, Infection & Evolution, Ashworth Laboratories, University of Edinburgh, Kings Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, UK. Electronic address: mark.woolhouse@ed.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Mark E J
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Woolhouse
authors.forename: Kyle
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Adair
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004199:Disease Vectors; D004463:Ecology; D006801:Humans; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D012327:RNA Virus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology; D012328:RNA Viruses / Q000502:physiology*; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology
keywords: Discovery; Emerging; One health