Article Wet market and zoonoses TIME wet markets

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Emerging zoonotic diseases can spread from animals to humans where there is an interface allowing pathogens to jump the species barriers, and crowded conditions, where different species intermingle, increase these interfaces.

Live and wet markets serve as hubs where humans and different animal species are in close proximity, but they are also crucial for food supply in many countries.

Live and wet markets have been linked to the emergence of different epidemic/pandemic diseases, including coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and different subtypes of influenza A viruses, and they are also an important source of foodborne pathogens.