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How African bats could have caused a Middle Eastern epidemic was a question without an obvious answer. But an important new clue emerged when scientists examined the mammals that many people in the Middle East depend on for their survival: camels. They began to find camels rife with MERS viruses, which oozed from their noses in drops of mucous. One possible explanation for the origin of MERS is that bats passed on the virus to camels in North Africa. There’s a healthy trade in camels from North Africa to the Middle East. A sick camel may have carried the virus to its new home.
A Planet of Viruses
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