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August 7, 2018

Why do Bats Transmit so many Diseases like Ebola?

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Nipah, Hendra, Ebola, Marburg, and SARS are some of the world’s scariest viruses. What binds these terrible viruses together is not only the fact that they're all carried by bats, but also that each of them has surfaced in humans in just the past 50 years. So what is it about the past 50 years that's suddenly brought all these viruses to the forefront? Find out more in today's Nerdy Curio from Minute Earth.

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