Social effects of rabies infection in male vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus). [PDF]
Biol Lett, 2022 Abstract (resumen en español, S1)Rabies virus (RABV) transmitted by the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) poses a threat to agricultural development and public health throughout the Neotropics. The ecology and evolution of rabies host-pathogen dynamics are influenced by two infection-induced behavioral changes.
Cárdenas-Canales EM +5 more
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A coronavirus detected in the vampire bat Desmodus rotundus [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2008 This article reports on the identification of a group 2 coronavirus (BatCoV DR/2007) in a Desmodus rotundus vampire bat in Brazil. Phylogenetic analysis of ORF1b revealed that BatCoV DR/2007 originates from a unique lineage in the archetypical group 2 ...
Paulo Eduardo Brandão +8 more
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Virome analysis of Desmodus rotundus tissue samples from the Amazon region [PDF]
BMC GenomicsBackground Bats are renowned for harboring a high viral diversity, their characteristics contribute to emerging infectious diseases. However, environmental and anthropic factors also play a significant role in the emergence of zoonotic viruses ...
Nádia K. Albuquerque +6 more
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A preliminary assessment of population genetic structure of the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) in Colombia [PDF]
PeerJRabies virus (RABV) is a neglected tropical pathogen in Latin America predominantly transmitted to mammals by the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus). Transmission of RABV among D.
Paige Van de Vuurst +9 more
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Future climate change and the distributional shift of the common vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus [PDF]
Scientific ReportsInteractions among humans, livestock, and wildlife within disturbed ecosystems, such as those impacted by climate change, can facilitate pathogen spillover transmission and increase disease emergence risks.
Paige Van de Vuurst +2 more
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Vampire Venom: Vasodilatory Mechanisms of Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus) Blood Feeding. [PDF]
Toxins (Basel), 2019 Animals that specialise in blood feeding have particular challenges in obtaining their meal, whereby they impair blood hemostasis by promoting anticoagulation and vasodilation in order to facilitate feeding. These convergent selection pressures have been studied in a number of lineages, ranging from fleas to leeches. However, the vampire bat (Desmondus
Kakumanu R +8 more
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Vampire Bats and Wild Boars in Northern Paraná: One Health Perspectives on a Novel Report [PDF]
ScientificaSince its introduction to the Americas in the early 20th century, the wild boar (Sus scrofa) has affected Brazilian ecosystems and may have contributed to the spread of zoonotic diseases, especially rabies.
João Gabriel Feriato do Nascimento +5 more
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Desmodus rotundus and Artibeus spp. bats might present distinct rabies virus lineages
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2012 In Brazil, bats have been assigned an increasing importance in public health as they are important rabies reservoirs. Phylogenetic studies have shown that rabies virus (RABV) strains from frugivorous bats Artibeus spp.
Willian Oliveira Fahl +7 more
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Mammalian Species, 1983 (Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) No abstract provided.
Greenhall, Arthur M. +3 more
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One step closer to a transmissible vaccine for rabies virus.
PLoS Biology, 2022 A recent study in PLOS Biology shows that a betaherpesvirus circulating with the vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus, could serve as an effective vector for a transmissible vaccine capable of reducing the risk of rabies virus spillover in Peru.
Scott L Nuismer
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