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 ...

Uganda's Python Cave reveals how a Marburg virus outbreak could begin

Marburg virus disease (MVD) is a severe and often fatal hemorrhagic disease in humans caused by the Marburg virus. It is ...

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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A Virologist’s Nightmare: People And Predators Keep Going Into A Cave Full Of Bats With Marburg Virus

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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 ...