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Preventing another pandemic by studying bats in Brazil
Four Fiocruz researchers mapped a rainforest trail at Pedra Branca, catching bats to study viruses that could cause future outbreaks. Experts note bats’ unique immune systems help them carry pathogens with minimal illness, while habitat loss increases spillover risk and calls for careful surveillance without demonizing bats.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Pedra Branca
Brazil
Fiocruz Institute
Antarctica
Raina Plowright
Montana State University
Plowright
Arinjay Banerjee
McMaster University
Canada
Cara Brook
University of California, Berkeley
India
Rajasthan
Atlantic Forest
Silvia Izquierdo
THE
Associated Press