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Possibility for reverse zoonotic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to free-ranging wildlife: A case study of bats

open access: yesPLoS Pathogens, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the substantial public health, economic, and societal consequences of virus spillover from a wildlife reservoir. Widespread human transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) also presents ...
K. Olival   +30 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Les Phocéens, Marseille et la Gaule (viie-iiie s. av. J.-C.)

open access: yesPallas, 2012
Last of the expeditions of the Greek archaic colonization, the Phocean colonization in the western Mediterranean assumes a particular dimension owing to a real convergence between the strength of the metropolis’ maritime activity, the context of ...
Michel Bats
doaj   +1 more source

Bats of the forest steppe of Sumy Oblast: old records and new findings [PDF]

open access: yesTheriologia Ukrainica, 2018
Generalized information on 9 bat species of the south of Sumy Oblast is presented based on own materials (29 specimens of 7 bat species from 3 localities) and on data from literature sources and catalogues of zoological collections (123 specimens of 9 ...
V. Parkhomenko
doaj   +1 more source

Biblioteche, crisi e partecipazione

open access: yesAIB Studi, 2015
‘Salviamo le biblioteche’: quante volte negli ultimi anni abbiamo letto o sentito questa frase? Ma che cos'è che dobbiamo davvero salvare? Che cosa giustifica l’esistenza delle biblioteche?
Raphaëlle Bats
doaj   +1 more source

Knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes by residents in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan in connection with bats

open access: yesJournal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2022
Background Fruit bats play an important role in pollination and seed dispersal, and their conservation is important to maintain the productivity of some crops and natural ecosystems. The objective of this study was to investigate the knowledge, attitudes,
Attaullah   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bats, Pathogens, and Species Richness

open access: yesPathogens, 2021
Bats carry many viruses, but this is not sufficient to threaten humans. Viruses must mutate to generate the ability to transfer to humans. A key factor is the diversity of species.
Frédéric Dutheil   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Alphacoronaviruses in New World bats: prevalence, persistence, phylogeny, and potential for interaction with humans. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2011
Bats are reservoirs for many different coronaviruses (CoVs) as well as many other important zoonotic viruses. We sampled feces and/or anal swabs of 1,044 insectivorous bats of 2 families and 17 species from 21 different locations within Colorado from ...
Christina Osborne   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Antioxidant Defenses in the Brains of Bats during Hibernation. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
Hibernation is a strategy used by some mammals to survive a cold winter. Small hibernating mammals, such as squirrels and hamsters, use species- and tissue-specific antioxidant defenses to cope with oxidative insults during hibernation.
Qiuyuan Yin   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The distribution of bat species across the underground sites of Georgia [PDF]

open access: yesSubterranean Biology
In Georgia, investigations of bat species using caves have been conducted since the beginning of the 20th century. However, robust knowledge is still largely unavailable, as only about 15% of the roughly 2,000 underground sites have been surveyed for ...
Ioseb Natradze   +4 more
doaj   +3 more sources

The difference in the composition of gut microbiota is greater among bats of different phylogenies than among those with different dietary habits

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2023
Bats have a very long evolutionary history and are highly differentiated in their physiological functions. Results of recent studies suggest effects of some host factors (e.g., phylogeny and dietary habit) on their gut microbiota.
Min Guo   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

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