How bats keep coronaviruses at bay
Ebola, SARS, MERS, COVID-19: the roll call of diseases that have passed from bats to humans (often through an intermediate animal host) reads like a who’s who of recent outbreaks. “Viruses are much more virulent when they spread to humans from bats than from other mammals,” says evolutionary biologist Bernard Crespi. “Yet they seem to do little harm to the bats themselves.” Understanding how bats tame viruses that humans can’t could help us to conquer the coronavirus.Financial Times | 9 min read
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