Andre Malerba

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Origins, Understanding Covid-19: Bloomberg

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Clients: US Holocaust Memorial Museum, The New York Times, Bloomberg, Rest of World, The Washington Post

School: The International Center of Photography The University of Vermont

A researcher from the Thai Red ...aburi, Thailand, December 2020.

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A researcher from the Thai Red Cross Emerging Infections Disease Health Science Center, collects a bat from a net during a catch and release program at the Khao Chong Pran Cave in Ratchaburi, Thailand, December 2020.

Bats stream out of a crevice to...aburi, Thailand, December 2020.

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Bats stream out of a crevice to feed at dusk at the Khao Chong Pran Cave in Ratchaburi, Thailand, December 2020.

Researchers from the Thai Red C...iland, December 2020.

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Researchers from the Thai Red Cross Emerging Infections Disease Health Science Center, catch and study bats during a catch and release program at the Khao Chong Pran Cave in Ratchaburi, Thailand, December 2020.

A researcher from the Thai Red ...iland, December 2020.

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A researcher from the Thai Red Cross Emerging Infections Disease Health Science Center, collects a bat from a net during a catch and release program at the Khao Chong Pran Cave in Ratchaburi, Thailand, December 2020.

Researchers from the Thai Red C...iland, December 2020.

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Researchers from the Thai Red Cross Emerging Infections Disease Health Science Center, set up nets in a temple cave to catch bats during a catch and release program at the Khao Chong Pran Cave in Ratchaburi, Thailand, December 2020.

Researchers from the Thai Red C...iland, December 2020.

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Researchers from the Thai Red Cross Emerging Infections Disease Health Science Center, exit the Khao Chong Pran Cave in Ratchaburi, Thailand, December 2020.

Researchers from the Thai Red C...iland, December 2020.

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Researchers from the Thai Red Cross Emerging Infections Disease Health Science Center, take off PPE at a makeshift lab near the Khao Chong Pran Cave in Ratchaburi, Thailand, December 2020.

Researchers from the Thai Red C...iland, December 2020.

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Researchers from the Thai Red Cross Emerging Infections Disease Health Science Center, prepare to measure and take tissue samples from bats at a makeshift lab near the Khao Chong Pran Cave in Ratchaburi, Thailand, December 2020.

A researcher from the Thai Red ...iland, December 2020.

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A researcher from the Thai Red Cross Emerging Infections Disease Health Science Center, measures the wingspan of a bat at a makeshift lab near the Khao Chong Pran Cave in Ratchaburi, Thailand, December 2020.

Researchers from the Thai Red C...aburi, Thailand, December 2020.

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Researchers from the Thai Red Cross Emerging Infections Disease Health Science Center, takes a blood sample from a bat at a makeshift lab near the Khao Chong Pran Cave in Ratchaburi, Thailand, December 2020.

A researcher from the Thai Red ...iland, December 2020.

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A researcher from the Thai Red Cross Emerging Infections Disease Health Science Center, prepares a blood sample from a bat at a makeshift lab near the Khao Chong Pran Cave in Ratchaburi, Thailand, December 2020.

Thousands of bats fly through t...iland, December 2020.

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Thousands of bats fly through the evening light near the Khao Chong Pran Cave in Ratchaburi, Thailand, December 2020.

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Origins, Understanding Covid-19: Bloomberg

Copyright Andre Malerba 2024

Updated May 2021

Location Thailand

Topics Crime, Documentary, Editorial, gun violence, Media, Photography, Photojournalism, Terrorism, Weapons

Researchers from the Thai Red Cross Emerging Infectious Diseases Health Science Center study bats during a catch and release program in Photharam, Ratchaburi Province, Thailand. The team, led by Doctor Supaporn Wacharapluesadee of Chulalongkorn University, consisting of scientists, ecologists, and officers from Thailand's National Park Department, have been collecting blood, tissue, saliva and fecal samples from bats in an effort to understand the origins of the Covid-19 virus. Dr. Supaporn and her team have been studying coronaviruses for over a decade, and researchers at Chulalongkorn University were the first in the world to detect a COVID-19 case outside of China, by modifying tests for coronaviruses they had developed over the years.

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