The critters that carry critters: María Virginia Rago investigates the risk that some wild species (such as wild boars,

María Virginia Rago is a veterinarian and specialist in biodiversity conservation, graduated from the University of Buenos Aires. For over 20 years, she has been dedicated to studying diseases in wild animals, both native and exotic, from the perspective of "one health," which involves human, animal, and ecosystem health. Highlighting the comprehensive approach of veterinary science, Virginia explains that "the one health approach is a concept known for many years that gained greater relevance after the Covid pandemic, when it was more clearly demonstrated that the health of the ecosystem, wild animals, domestic animals, and humans are intimately related." "It is known that approximately 60% of infectious diseases are zoonoses. This means that they are transmitted from animals to people; and degraded environments generate new relationships between pathogens, wild animals, domestic animals, and people that can trigger what we have already experienced with the pandemic. Other times, ...