SCHOOL groups and tourists are visiting a bat-filled cave riddled with Marburg virus, previously flagged as having pandemic potential. “Python Cave”, in western Uganda, is home to tens of ...
Researchers in Uganda have discovered a complex network of animals feeding on bats infected with Marburg virus, capturing startling footage of potential spillover risks for the first time.
In the shadows of Python Cave, Uganda, a leopard leaps from a guano mound—formed by bat excrement—and sinks its teeth into a bat. But this is no ordinary bat colony. The thousands of Egyptian fruit ...