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Adaptive Evolution of the Myo6 Gene in Old World Fruit Bats (Family: Pteropodidae) [PDF]

, 2013
PMCID: PMC3631194This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are ...
Stephen J Rossiter, Stephen J. Rossiter (34551), Shuyi Zhang, Xiuqun Han, Shen Bin, Zhang, S, Han, X, Gareth Jones, Bin Shen (143992), Bin Shen, Rossiter Stephen J., Rossiter, SJ, Shen, B, Han Xiuqun, Zhang Shuyi, Gareth Jones (34552), Shuyi Zhang (34553), Xiuqun Han (173069), Jones Gareth, Jones, G   +19 more
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Isolation of a Novel Fusogenic Orthoreovirus from Eucampsipoda africana Bat Flies in South Africa

Viruses, 2016
We report on the isolation of a novel fusogenic orthoreovirus from bat flies (Eucampsipoda africana) associated with Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) collected in South Africa.
Petrus Jansen van Vuren, Michael Wiley, Gustavo Palacios, Nadia Storm, Stewart McCulloch, Wanda Markotter, Monica Birkhead, Alan Kemp, Janusz T. Paweska   +8 more
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Molecular detection and epidemiological insights of Clostridioides difficile in Egyptian fruit bats [PDF]

      Clostridioides difficile is a major global cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea, increasingly recognized as a community- and zoonosis-linked pathogen with widespread environmental and animal reservoirs. Given the ecological overlap between bats,
Abdel-kader , Fatma, Kadry, Mona, Allam, Toka A.   +2 more
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Behavioral risk assessment of exposure to wild and domestic animals in response to a Marburg virus disease outbreak, Ghana 2022

One Health
In July 2022, Ghana reported its first outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD). The source of the outbreak was unknown. In August 2022 we conducted a behavioral risk assessment, surveying 715 participants in three rural communities associated with the ...
Richard Suu-Ire, Shannon Ball, Meyir Yiryele Ziekah, Jean DeMarco, Morgan Kain, Amos Sarpong Agyei, Jonathan H. Epstein   +6 more
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Rapid population decline of Egyptian fruit bats on Cyprus

Abstract Preventing extirpations requires timely detection of rapid declines and immediate conservation response. Egyptian fruit bats ( Rousettus aegyptiacus ) are globally listed as Least Concern, but their genetically isolated population in Cyprus is Critically Endangered.
Dina K.N. Dechmann, Karin L. Akre, Luz A. deWit, Artemis G.G. Kafkaletou Diez, Isabella Mandl, Zoe Makridou, Koulla Michael, M. Teague O’Mara, Klitos Papastylianou, Martin Wikelski, Winifred F. Frick   +10 more
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Rousettus dataset. Spatial networks differ when food supply changes: foraging strategy of Egyptian fruit bats

, 2020
Individual characteristics of all studied fruit bats including minimal convex polygons, core areas (km2). Unfiltered and filtered matrix shared roosts among bats in winter and spring.
Adam Konečný (8393768), Radek K. Lučan (8393770), Wael Shohdi (8393780), Petr Jedlička (8393773), Šimon Řeřucha (8393783), Erik Bachorec (7336010), Ivan Horáček (8393772), Tomas Bartonicka (8080004), Pavel Hulva (8393777), Mounir Abi-Said (8393785)   +9 more
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Henipaviruses and Fruit Bats, Papua New Guinea [PDF]

, 2013
In 2010, detection of henipavirus (Hendra or Nipah virus) and rubulavirus (Tioman or Menangle virus) antibodies in fruit bats in Papua New Guinea (PNG) was reported (1).
Kim Halpin, de Jong, Carol E., Carol E. de Jong, Craig S. Smith, Field, Hume, Hume Field, Smith, Craig S., Halpin, Kim, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland   +8 more
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Marburg virus disease: Is a threatening virus on the way? [PDF]

Payesh
Dear Editor, Marburg virus (MARV) is a highly lethal virus that causes severe hemorrhagic fever with a high mortality rate. Marburg virus disease is common between humans and livestock (animals) and the reservoir is the Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus ...
Fatemeh Rahmati‌, Mahdieh Farzanehpour
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Absent or low rate of adult neurogenesis in the hippocampus of bats (Chiroptera) [PDF]

, 2007
Bats are the only flying mammals and have well developed navigation abilities for 3D-space. Even bats with comparatively small home ranges cover much larger territories than rodents, and long-distance migration by some species is unique among small ...
Winter, Y, Amrein, Irmgard, Lipp Hans-Peter, Winter, Y., Lipp, Hans-Peter, Lipp, H P, Amrein Irmgard, Dechmann Dina K.N., Dechmann, D., Amrein, I, Hans-Peter Lipp, Amrein, I., Lipp, H., Winter, York, Dechmann, Dina K. N., Winter York, Irmgard Amrein, Dechmann, D K, Dina K N Dechmann, York Winter, Winter Y, Lipp HP, Amrein I, Dechmann DK   +23 more
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Fruit Bats are not Pests

, 2014
Farmers who slaughter fruit bats as pests may suffer losses in production greater than those caused by bats, because bats that feed on fruit and nectar have a crucial role in pollinating and dispersing the seeds of more than 500 species of plants..
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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