Predicting the Next Pandemic?

To estimate this risk, we must start by drawing maps: where are these species and how much are they in contact with human populations? This is the study project that Timothy Poisot initiated by combining mathematical models, artificial intelligence, and ecology.

To better understand these zoonoses—diseases that are transmitted from animals to humans—researchers drew data from the large epidemiological inventory of human diseases identified, the GIDEON database.

(Translated from French by Google)