Ebola-like virus may be result of two viruses merging.
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Ker Than
for National Geographic News
Published August 22, 2012
Scientists have finally found the cause of a mysterious disease that makes snakes tie themselves up into knots, stare off into space, and waste away—the reptiles are infected with an Ebola-like virus, a new study says.
The fatal condition known as inclusion body disease (IBD) was first diagnosed in snakes, particularly pythons and boa constrictors, in the 1980s... READ MORE >>
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