Egyptian Fruit Bat (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Egyptian Fruit Bat

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The Egyptian fruit bat, Rousettus aegyptiacus, is a host to the Marburg virus, which can infect monkeys and cross over into humans to cause a deadly hemorrhagic fever.

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Photo courtesy of Victor Corman

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