"Needs garlic" With apologies to the Crocodile Man, as he wasn't the one eating the bats.
Posted on 12/01/2005 11:32:00 PM PST by neverdem
Edited on 12/02/2005 12:08:14 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Since it was discovered in 1976, the Ebola virus has killed more than 1,200 people in scattered outbreaks in Central Africa, the World Health Organization calculates. But while health workers have managed to contain the outbreaks, scientists have been frustrated that they do not know the virus's hiding place in nature.
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Interesting.
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Fruit bats are a delicacy... Too bad it takes half a dozen to feed one person. ;-)
Yes, I saw a show, I seem to remember that the favorite part was the head...
Good to see some progress being made on this, maybe the reservoir critters will lead to finding a way to fight this and related hemmoragic fevers.
I imagine they taste like buffalo wings.
"Needs garlic" With apologies to the Crocodile Man, as he wasn't the one eating the bats.
I guess that rules out certain liberal politicians who were solid suspects.
Fruitbats are now linked to Metapneumoviruses, SARS, and Ebola. The geographical region for the fruitbats runs from Indonesia to the African Congo. I wonder what North American bats carry besides rabies?
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