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Virus Discovery Among Bats in China Fruit Orchards Draw Exposure Concerns


Bats living among the orchards of Yunnan province in southwest China have been found harboring a variety of unknown pathogens in their kidneys, including two that are closely related to the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses.

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