Efforts that prevent bat access to the shaved surface and the sap stream of the tree could reduce Nipah spillovers to the human population. Use of Infrared Camera to Understand Bats’ Access to Date Palm Sap: Implications for Preventing Nipah Virus https:/
RT @PeterDaszak: @MarionKoopmans Here's the paper. https://t.co/ukh5XGM5aG
@MarionKoopmans Here's the paper. https://t.co/ukh5XGM5aG
RT @AbraarKaran: 3/ They used infrared cameras to help add to the evidence base, showing Pteropus bat behaviors at night related to consump…
3/ They used infrared cameras to help add to the evidence base, showing Pteropus bat behaviors at night related to consumption of the date palm sap where they presumably shed live virus. https://t.co/cAN8blEQoq
@SnarkedUpLawyer See I disagree on the latter proposition, which is precisely why the lab leak fixation bothers me There’s plenty I could imagine doing to evaluated & reduce animal exposure risks, and it’s been done in the past with other zoonotic vir