Calling Batman? Predicting the next pandemic through bat research


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Bats are primary vectors for virus transmission from animals to humans. — TNS

More than four dozen Jamaican fruit bats destined for a lab in Bozeman, Montana, United States, are set to become part of an experiment with an ambitious goal: predicting the next global pandemic.

Bats worldwide are primary vectors for virus transmission from animals to humans.

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