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Bats in Africa found to carry two deadly virus strains
Nov. 19, 2013 at 4:37 PM |
CAMBRIDGE, England, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Bats in Africa have been found to carry henipaviruses, which can spread to other animals and humans, and a disease that is similar to rabies, researchers say.
A population of fruit bats common across 2,800 miles of central Africa has been found to harbor the viruses, a joint study by the University of Cambridge and the Zoological Society of London found.
Thirty-four percent of African straw-colored fruit bats, which can live in groups of more than 1 million and often congregate near cities, were found to be infected with Lagos bat virus, a disease similar to rabies, while 42 per cent had been infected with henipaviruses, the researchers reported in the journal Nature Communications...
Bats in Africa found to carry two deadly virus strains
Nov. 19, 2013 at 4:37 PM |
CAMBRIDGE, England, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Bats in Africa have been found to carry henipaviruses, which can spread to other animals and humans, and a disease that is similar to rabies, researchers say.
A population of fruit bats common across 2,800 miles of central Africa has been found to harbor the viruses, a joint study by the University of Cambridge and the Zoological Society of London found.
Thirty-four percent of African straw-colored fruit bats, which can live in groups of more than 1 million and often congregate near cities, were found to be infected with Lagos bat virus, a disease similar to rabies, while 42 per cent had been infected with henipaviruses, the researchers reported in the journal Nature Communications...