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Kitum Cave
Location
Mount Elgon National Park, Kenya
Depth
700-900m
Length
~ 200 metres (700 ft)
Geology
Pyroclastic (volcanic, non-solutional)
Entrances
1
Access
Public land; Access generally uncontrolled
Kitum Cave is located in Mount Elgon National Park, Kenya. In the 1980s, two European visitors contracted Marburg virus disease there. It is one of five named "elephant caves" of Mount Elgon where animals, including elephants, "mine" the rock for its sodium-rich salts.
KitumCave is located in Mount Elgon National Park, Kenya. In the 1980s, two European visitors contracted Marburg virus disease there. It is one of five...
Monet" (a pseudonym), who might have caught Marburg virus from visiting KitumCave on Mount Elgon in Kenya. The author describes the progression of the disease...
Makingeny, Chepnyalil, and Kitumcaves: KitumCave is over 60 metres (200 ft) wide and penetrates 200 metres (660 ft). The cave contains salt deposits and...
in Nzoia (close to Bungoma) at the base of Mount Elgon (which contains KitumCave), became infected by unknown means and died on 15 January shortly after...
from the cave walls. The caves are mapped and Kitum, Chepnyali, and Mackingeny can be explored by visitors to the park Cheworei family caves in Chesokwo...
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Hawaii Mau-Mau Cave – another Kenyan cave KitumCave – Kenyan cave "mined" by elephants for salt "World Cave List". Sop.inria.fr. 15 August 1997. Retrieved...
traveled to Zimbabwe 1980 Kenya MARV 2 1 50% Individual(s) traveled to KitumCave 1987 Kenya RAVV 1 1 100% Ravn virus (RAVV) one of two members of the...
the Mount Elgon National Park, Kenya, have learned to venture deep into KitumCave to utilize its minerals in what has been described as 'quarrying' and...
coordinated the first efforts to identify the vector for Marburg virus in Kitumcave, Kenya. He also participated in the joint Centers for Disease Control...
1985 (1985-02-17) The sea life of the Palau Islands. 40 14 "Kitum – the Elephant Cave" March 10, 1985 (1985-03-10) 41 15 "Rhino on the Run" March 17...
Olympic running champion; record holder in 1500 m, mile, and 5000 m Timothy Kitum, Kenyan middle-distance runner Benjamin Kogo, Kenyan athlete Betty Korir...
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