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Identification of Infection in a Common African Fruit Bat
ATLANTA, Aug. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Scientists at the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and their collaborators
have for the first time successfully identified Marburg virus
infection in a common species of African fruit bat (Rousettus
aegyptiacus). Marburg virus causes severe, often fatal, hemorrhagic
fever in people and non-human primates. Bats have been suspected of
carrying the virus, but until …
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