New and re-emerging disease outbreaks can cause social conflict

New and re-emerging disease outbreaks can cause social conflict


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Analysis of a dataset on zoonotic diseases such as Ebola and avian flu reveals that although zoonotic outbreaks can reduce the incidence of civil war, they increase social conflicts that


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