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Why Killer Viruses Are On The Rise
Description: The middle of Malaysia's Borneo rain forest is the type of place where pandemics are born. HIV came from a rain forest. So did Ebola. Yellow fever. And Zika. The next troubling outbreak could come from a rain forest like this. And a big reason why: all the crazy animals that live here. Rain forests are the world's secret laboratory - where evolution experiments with body shapes, sizes and colors. [Source: National Public Radio]
URL: http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/02/14/511227050/why-killer-viruses-are-on-the-rise
Availability: Full Text
Source: National Public Radio
Publish Date: 2/14/2017
Reading Level: Basic
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