USAID is the United States Agency For International Development. USAID has awarded grant money to a consortium of experts on human and animal diseases founded in 2009. The USAID grant money is funding the development of technological processes for complete and continuous tracking of animal diseases that can infect humans.
The technological system known as predict will monitor information from 50 thousand web sites. This filters bits of information to construct useful data. The system rapidly reads information posted by Health Organizations, Animal Experts, Wildlife Stations, Farm News web sites, and more. The system can display graphic information to map the outbreaks of animal diseases that may infect humans.
The review of collected information indicates the outbreak of SARS and the family of viruses that include Ebola are thought to have originated in bats. Hopefully closer surveillance of animal diseases that can infect humans will reduce the spread and severity of disease.
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