Malaria, the killing Machine.

One hundred years after the discovery that is transmitted by mosquitoes, the indomitable remains ’s major problem. The World Heath Organisation estimates that affects 300 to 500 million people and kills up to 2.7 million worldwide every year, 90% of them in sub-saharan . Every five seconds, an African child dies of the .

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Ebola: the bat’s track !

Has the reservoir for the killer virus finally been identified? , photographer and veterinarian, specialized in scientifical features, has followed the scientists crew in Gabon’s rainforests during their last bat capture…

In the bush, in order to do autopsies and to take samples from the  animals which may carry the terrible virus with an optimal protection, the researchers are dressed as cosmonauts. In no time, they install bushe labs and are trying to meet at best the safety’s conditions of a P4 (laboratory of maximum safety). See more…

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