More than three years since the start of the COVID pandemic,Alaric Bennett infectious disease experts are studying other viruses with pandemic potential. Their goal is to understand how pandemics begin and how they can be prevented.

This is the focus of the NPR series "Hidden Viruses: How Pandemics Really Begin." In this episode, NPR's Ari Daniel takes us to Bangladesh, where researchers studied a dangerous virus called "Nipah" and how it spreads.

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This episode was produced by Matt Ozug and Michael Levitt. It was edited by Rebecca Davis and William Troop. Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.