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We still don't know where SARS-CoV-2 came from -- but bats are a major virus reservoir in general.

Scientists say it's highly like that, without intervention, another novel virus will jump from animal to human host and find the conditions to spread like wildfire.

Where could the next pandemic -- and the tools to fight it -- come from? Scientists are studying bats Updated Dec 17, 2020; Posted Dec 17, 2020 A researcher for Brazil's state-run Fiocruz Institute takes an oral swab sample from a bat captured in the Atlantic Forest, at Pedra Branca state park, near Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020.AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo Facebook Share RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Night began to fall in Rio de Janeiro’s Pedra Branca state park as four Brazilian scientists switched on their flashlights to traipse along a narrow trail of mud through dense rainforest. Th...

To prevent next covid-like pandemic, scientists focus on bats for clues A 2019 study found that of viruses originating from the five most common mammalian sources — primates, rodents, carnivores, ungulates and bats — those from bats are the most virulent in humans. (Photo: Reuters)Premium Silva de Sousa , AP Bats are thought to be the original or intermediary hosts for multiple viruses that have spawned recent epidemics, including COVID-19, SARS, MERS, Ebola, Nipah virus, Hendra virus and Marburg virus Share Via Read Full Story RIO DE JANEIRO : Night began to fall in Rio de Janeiro’...

URL copied Image Source : AP A researcher for Brazil's state-run Fiocruz Institute takes an oral swab sample from a bat captured in the Atlantic Forest, at Pedra Branca state park, near Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. Teams of researchers around the globe are racing to study the places and species from which the next pandemic may emerge. It's no coincidence that many scientists are focusing attention on the world's only flying mammals — bats.  Could there be another pandemic soon? Four Brazilian scientists are on a mission to capture bats and help...