In Africa, situated between Kenya and Uganda, stands a 4,500-foot ancient volcano named Mount Elgon. Toward the base of this mountain lies a hidden cave surrounded by a dense, lush green jungle. This ...

Carved by the tusks of elephants, who visit its caverns to scrape the walls for salt, Kitum cave in Kenya hosts some of the deadliest pathogens known to man. In 1980, a French engineer from a nearby ...

The expansive mouth of Kenya's Kitum Cave can appear out of nowhere. Mount Elgon National Park's jagged landscape, coupled with a dense cover of lush, green plant life, conceals the cave surprisingly ...

The lure of salt draws a unique group of elephants deep into the belly of Mt Elgon. For thousands of years the cave elephant has been trekking to Kitum cave and smaller caverns at the base of the ...

Human cases were reported in 1980 and 1987 after victims visited Kitum Cave at Mt Elgon, demonstrating that the virus can emerge unexpectedly. Marburg is highly contagious and spreads through direct ...