1.0Gizmodo Australiahttps://gizmodo.com.auEsther Inglis-Arkellhttps://gizmodo.com.au/author/estheringlisarkell-usa/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="9zs79H4EdO"><a href="https://gizmodo.com.au/2016/01/new-maps-identify-possible-hot-spots-for-bat-transmitted-diseases/">New Maps Identify Possible Hot Spots For Bat-Transmitted Diseases</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gizmodo.com.au/2016/01/new-maps-identify-possible-hot-spots-for-bat-transmitted-diseases/embed/#?secret=9zs79H4EdO" width="600" height="338" title="“New Maps Identify Possible Hot Spots For Bat-Transmitted Diseases” — Gizmodo Australia" data-secret="9zs79H4EdO" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/05/nznmksdoattzxxxoo4ha.jpg?quality=75961450Bats are suspected, although not proved, to have been the origin of multiple human diseases, including Ebola and rabies. New maps show the hot spots where outbreaks are most likely to occur, and which diseases are most likely to be transmitted from bats to humans. One of those is the region of the devastating 2014 […]