Research Explains Why Bat-Borne Viruses are Deadlier for Humans

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Bats are natural reservoir hosts for viruses that cause higher case fatality rates in humans than do zoonoses derived from any other source; this study builds a nested within-host, population-level model to offer a mechanistic explanation for this phenomenon.

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