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A SCIENCE-BASED COMMUNITY

PREZODE is an initiative aiming to advance research, advocacy, and collaboration to prevent zoonosis, bringing together an international community.

THE ONE HEALTH APPROACH

PREZODE bases its framework on the One Health perspective, an integrated, unifying approach that recognizes the interdependence of human, animal, and ecosystem health.

AN INITIATIVE TO ENSURE PREVENTION

PREZODE efforts focus on preventing risk emergence at the source by co-designing risk reduction and early detection solutions with and for the local communities and actors.

Shamonda-like: how metagenomics helped identify a new virus

The virus identified in livestock in Europe during the summer of 2026 belongs to the genus Orthobunyavirus. Although it is closely related to Shamonda, it represents a genetically distinct virus. Its identification relied on the power of metagenomics.

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