What Happens Inside This Bat-Filled Cave Could Trigger a Deadly Virus Outbreak

Ebola is one of the world’s deadliest viruses, and Marburg is its cousin. This hemorrhagic virus shares many symptoms with ...

There's a Cave Full of Bats Infected by the 'Bleeding Eye' Virus. People Are Trespassing to See It, and Scientists Want It to Stop

While studying predators visiting Python Cave, home to bats confirmed to have Marburg virus, scientists observed hundreds of ...
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Bat cave visitors risk Marburg virus spillover, experts caution

Researchers in Uganda have captured footage showing frequent unprotected visits by humans and animals to Python Cave, a known Marburg virus hotspot. The cave’s Egyptian fruit bats have been implicated ...
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Bat Cave Footage Offers Clues to How Viruses Leap Between Species

Video from a national park in Uganda depicted a parade of predatory species feeding on and dispersing fruit bats that are known natural reservoirs of infectious diseases. By Anthony Ham Bats carry an ...