Not gonna lie..,.. I have had a odd fascination with VHF diseases ever since i read EVERY Richard Preston book available... The scary part from what i understand is while they believe fruit bats is the true native host of Marburg like Ebola they can only best guess at what the real reservoir of the diseases are.....
You can find some nasty bugs in unlikely hosts: http://www.reptilesmagazine.com/Wil...erheads-May-Harbor-Equine-Encephalitis-Virus/
Well another Lassa Fever outbreak! http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/16/health/nigeria-lassa-outbreak-intl/?iid=ob_health_core_homepage