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PART 4: Kitum Cave

Explain the following sentence: “The AIDS virus and other emerging viruses are surviving the wreck of the tropical biosphere because they can mutate faster than any changes taking place in their ecosystems.”

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From the text, we can infer that the viruses are adaptable and continually changing in reaction to the environment, making containment or eradication virtually impossible.

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