Tree Afflicted With Chestnut Blight Don't worry. Far as anyone knows, blight still isn't contagious for humans. James Bowe, via Flickr.comFrom Popular Science:
From rabies to bird flu to HIV, diseases passing from animals to humans is a well-known phenomenon. But a virus jumping from plants to humans? Never. At least, that's what doctors thought until Didier Raoult of the University of the Mediterranean in Marseilles, France, discovered that the mild mottle virus found in peppers may be causing fever, aches, and itching in humans. If validated, this would mark the first time a plant virus has been found to cause problems in people.
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