Source: Guardian
Country: Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone
When a toddler in Meliandou came into contact with a fruit bat, a trail of devastation began that is far from reaching a conclusion
In December last year, near the village of Meliandou in southern Guinea, two-year-old Emile was bitten by one of the fruit bats that fly through west Africa’s skies, often gathering at dusk to roost in trees.