Bats: Important Reservoir Hosts of Emerging Viruses

By C. Calisher, J. Childs, H. Field, K. Holmes, T. Schountz. Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 2006

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Infectious Diseases, Virology

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Responses of Tropical Bats to Habitat Fragmentation, Logging, and Deforestation (2015, background): “…have moved to the forefront of public attention, mostly as a result of accumulating evidence that they comprise important reservoir hosts for numerous zoonotic viruses (e.g., lyssaviruses, SARS, Ebola) that may pose a serious health risk to humans (Calisher et al. 2006; Hayman et al. 2013, Chap.”
A comparison of bats and rodents as reservoirs of zoonotic viruses: are bats special? (2013, background): “In evolutionary terms, bats are ancient mammals and it has been hypothesized that viruses which evolved in bats may use highly conserved cellular receptors, thus enhancing their ability to transmit viruses to other mammals [6].”
Zoonotic origins of human coronaviruses (2020, background): “More pathogenic CoV strains might also evolve by recombination, leading to the acquisition of novel proteins or protein features for host adaptation [82] .”
Carpe noctem: the importance of bats as bioindicators (2009, background): “Since Messenger et al. (2003) reviewed the subject, Calisher et al. (2006, 2008) have updated the list of viruses isolated from bats, Breed et al. (2006) have reviewed the association between henipariviruses and bats, Harris et al. (2006) have reviewed the prevalence of European bat lyssaviruses…”
Recombination, Reservoirs, and the Modular Spike: Mechanisms of Coronavirus Cross-Species Transmission (2009, background): “That bats have been shown to harbor more than 60 different RNA viruses underscores the importance of developing reagents, including cell culture systems, for detection of viruses that propagate in these animals (19, 46, 149).”
Migration and dispersal patterns of bats and their influence on genetic structure (2013, background): “Furthermore, bats are vectors for many diseases, especially zoonoses (Calisher et al. 2006), raising human health concerns, and some bat pathogens are also responsible for mass mortality, raising conservation concerns (e.”