# The jungle search for viruses

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2009
- Speaker: Nathan Wolfe
- Year: 2009
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/nathan_wolfe_the_jungle_search_for_viruses)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Virus hunter Nathan Wolfe is outwitting the next pandemic by staying two steps ahead: discovering deadly new viruses where they first emerge -- passing from animals to humans among poor subsistence hunters in Africa -- before they claim millions of lives.

## Lectures

1. [The jungle search for viruses](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/nathan_wolfe_the_jungle_search_for_viruses/7ac27adfcb8b), 12 min (TED's player)