
Public HealthJuly 18, 2016
Why Don't Bats Get Ebola?
They're infected with the virus, but it causes them no harm—and the same goes for more than 60 other pathogens they transmit to humans, often with lethal effect
Anna Fagre is a veterinarian completing a microbiology residency/PhD program at Colorado State University in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology. Her research interests include global public health, emerging and zoonotic diseases, wildlife disease ecology, and pathogenesis. Her current work focuses on the characterization of novel viruses in bats.

Why Don't Bats Get Ebola?
They're infected with the virus, but it causes them no harm—and the same goes for more than 60 other pathogens they transmit to humans, often with lethal effect