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Another benefit of keeping kosher — no ebola

Yet another beneficial side-effect of keeping kosher was reported in the LA Times today — lesser exposure to the ebola virus.

Researchers working in Gabon and Congo have identified three species of fruit bat as the long-sought reservoirs of … the Ebola virus.

The team tested more than 1,000 bats and other animals before tracing the virus to fruit bats, which are commonly eaten by people in Central Africa, according to a report in today’s issue of the journal Nature.

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Dr. Sanford Kuvin, head of tropical infectious diseases at Israel’s Hebrew University, said the study provided strong evidence of Ebola’s presence in bats and should prompt people in the region to “avoid contact with the creatures at all costs.”