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41 shares A researcher with Franceville International Medical Research Centre collects bats in a net inside a cave in the Zadie region in Gabon, November 25, 2020. (Steeve Jordan/AFP) ZADIE CAVES, Gabon (AFP) — The scene looks like something out of a science fiction movie, or maybe some dystopian TV series. Six men in yellow biohazard suits clamber in suffocating heat towards a cave in the heart of the Gabonese jungle. Their quest: to unlock new knowledge on how pathogens like the coronavirus leap the species barrier from animals to humans. In the cave is their goal — a colony of ba...

Share Thierry Tsoumbou carries a monkey into a cage after it was caught at a private residence in Franceville on November 25. AFP Gabon virus hunters search for ‘next Covid’ Thu, 24 December 2020 The scene looks like something out of a science fiction movie, or maybe some dystopian TV series. Six men in yellow biohazard suits clamber in suffocating heat towards a cave in the heart of the Gabonese jungle. Their quest – to unlock new knowledge on how pathogens like coronavirus leap the species barrier to humans. In the cave is their goal – a colony of bats. “Our job is to look for pat...

ZADIE CAVES, Gabon (AFP) — The scene looks like something out of a science fiction movie, or maybe some dystopian TV series. Six men in yellow biohazard suits clamber in suffocating heat towards a cave in the heart of the Gabonese jungle. Their quest: to unlock new knowledge on how pathogens like coronavirus leap the species barrier to humans. In the cave is their goal — a colony of bats. “Our job is to look for pathogens which could endanger humans and understand how transmission happens between species,” explained Gael Maganga, a professor at the University of Franceville. Bats can ...

Virus hunters delve Gabon caves in search of next threat 7 published : 17 Dec 2020 at 09:55 7 A researcher traps bats in a net at the Zadie Caves in Gabon. Samples are taken from the mammals to see if they are hosting viruses that could jump to humans. ZADIE CAVES, Gabon: The scene looks like something out of a science fiction movie, or maybe some dystopian TV series. Six men in yellow biohazard suits clamber in suffocating heat towards a cave in the heart of the Gabonese jungle. Their quest: to unlock new knowledge on how pathogens like c...