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Ari Daniel

You asked about bats, pets, immunity and other hot viral topics! We've got answers

A field researcher holds a male bat that was trapped in an overhead net as part of an effort to find out how the animals pass Nipah virus to humans. The animal will be tested for the virus, examined and ultimately released. (Fatima Tuj Johora for NPR)

A bat or a rat or a chicken has a virus. And somehow a person catches it — maybe by contact with the animal's blood or feces, maybe just by breathing in.

That's a spillover.

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