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Avulpesvulpes OP t1_itwn785 wrote

Reply to comment by TheApprentice19 in Many U.S. labs cannot test for Ebola strain behind Uganda's swelling outbreak by Avulpesvulpes

So as I understand it, the outbreak started around that new mine since a lot of forest/natural habitat was probably destroyed by workers and brought them into contact with mammals that are the natural reservoir for Ebola

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Send_me_snoot_pics t1_itxlcod wrote

I remember in The Hot Zone they couldn’t even figure out which animal it was. There was a cave that people would go into that was filled with bat shit but they tested it and it was negative for Ebola virus

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Avulpesvulpes OP t1_itxvd7y wrote

I saw one theory from the Ugandan ministry of health that children were eating fallen mangoes that infected animals had partially eaten? It’s more likely infected bush meat though

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TheApprentice19 t1_itwpl9f wrote

This is shaping up to be the plot to the next Indians Jones Movie

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