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Post COVID‐19: a solution scan of options for preventing future zoonotic epidemics

Biological Reviews, Volume 96, Issue 6, Page 2694-2715, December 2021., 2021
ABSTRACT The crisis generated by the emergence and pandemic spread of COVID‐19 has thrown into the global spotlight the dangers associated with novel diseases, as well as the key role of animals, especially wild animals, as potential sources of pathogens to humans.
Silviu O. Petrovan, David C. Aldridge, Harriet Bartlett, Andrew J. Bladon, Hollie Booth, Steven Broad, Donald M. Broom, Neil D. Burgess, Sarah Cleaveland, Andrew A. Cunningham, Maurizio Ferri, Amy Hinsley, Fangyuan Hua, Alice C. Hughes, Kate Jones, Moira Kelly, George Mayes, Milorad Radakovic, Chinedu A. Ugwu, Nasir Uddin, Diogo Veríssimo, Christian Walzer, Thomas B. White, James L. Wood, William J. Sutherland   +24 more
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Effects of land‐use on fruit bat distribution in different habitats along the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Biotropica, Volume 53, Issue 4, Page 1063-1070, July 2021., 2021
We determined the effects of land‐use changes on the guild of fruit bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) on Mt. Kilimanjaro, a biodiversity hotspot in Tanzania. We recorded highest species richness in lower montane forest and Chagga homegardens but bats used also coffee plantations and maize fields.
Anna‐Valeska Bettina Vogeler, Marco Tschapka   +1 more
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Seasonal shedding patterns of diverse henipavirus-related paramyxoviruses in Egyptian rousette bats

Scientific Reports, 2021
Bat-borne viruses in the Henipavirus genus have been associated with zoonotic diseases of high morbidity and mortality in Asia and Australia. In Africa, the Egyptian rousette bat species (Rousettus aegyptiacus) is an important viral host in which ...
Marinda Mortlock, Marike Geldenhuys, Muriel Dietrich, Jonathan H. Epstein, Jacqueline Weyer, Janusz T. Pawęska, Wanda Markotter   +6 more
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Genomic features of humoral immunity support tolerance model in Egyptian rousette bats

Cell Reports, 2021
Summary: Bats asymptomatically harbor many viruses that can cause severe human diseases. The Egyptian rousette bat (ERB) is the only known reservoir for Marburgviruses and Sosuga virus, making it an exceptional animal model to study antiviral mechanisms ...
Peter A. Larson, Maggie L. Bartlett, Karla Garcia, Joseph Chitty, Anne Balkema-Buschmann, Jonathan Towner, Jeffrey Kugelman, Gustavo Palacios, Mariano Sanchez-Lockhart   +8 more
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The Unique Immune System of Bats: An Evolutionary Analysis and Bibliometric Study. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Through the evolutionary and bibliometric analyses, this study identified several critical immune genes and signaling pathways related to bat immunity. Currently, research on the immune system of bats primarily focuses on the themes of “efficient antiviral responses” and “inflammation suppression.” ABSTRACT Bats exhibit a greater capacity to tolerate ...
Li R, Zhao W, Chen A, Wu Z, De G.
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Variations in small-scale movements of, Rousettus aegyptiacus, a Marburg virus reservoir across a seasonal gradient

Frontiers in Zoology, 2023
Background Bats are increasingly being recognized as important hosts for viruses, some of which are zoonotic and carry the potential for spillover within human and livestock populations.
Matthew R. Wood, J. Low de Vries, Jonathan H. Epstein, Wanda Markotter   +3 more
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Increasing Occurrence of Marburg Virus Outbreaks in Africa: Risk Assessment for Public Health. [PDF]

Microb Biotechnol
Bat and Marburg virus (Filovirus). Left: A Rousettus aegyptiacus bat; Center: a distribution map of R. aegyptiacus; Right: EM of Marburg virus. (figure credits: Left Wikipedia Nilflughund Lithuanian Zoological Gardens, Center; Center: Wikipedia Nilflughund IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, right Wikipedia Marburg virus CDC Fred Murphy; J.
Brüssow H.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Vector Competence of Eucampsipoda africana (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) for Marburg Virus Transmission in Rousettus aegyptiacus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae)

Viruses, 2021
This study aimed to determine the vector competence of bat-associated nycteribiid flies (Eucamsipoda africana) for Marburg virus (MARV) in the Egyptian Rousette Bat (ERB), Rousettus aegyptiacus.
Janusz T. Pawęska, Petrus Jansen van Vuren, Nadia Storm, Wanda Markotter, Alan Kemp   +4 more
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A novel poxvirus isolated from an Egyptian fruit bat in Israel

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 6, Issue 3, Page 587-590, August 2020., 2020
An Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) from the Zoological Gardens, at Tel Aviv, Israel, showed pox‐like clinical symptoms including vesicular and nodular skin lesions on the wings. Cell culture isolation, histopathology, electron microscopy and molecular analysis, revealed the presence of a novel bat poxvirus.
Dan David, Irit Davidson, Asaf Berkowitz, Sharon Karniely, Nir Edery, Velizar Bumbarov, Orly Laskar, Ron Elazari‐Volcani   +7 more
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Rousette Bat Dendritic Cells Overcome Marburg Virus-Mediated Antiviral Responses by Upregulation of Interferon-Related Genes While Downregulating Proinflammatory Disease Mediators

mSphere, 2019
Dysregulated and maladaptive immune responses are at the forefront of human diseases caused by infection with zoonotic viral hemorrhagic fever viruses. Elucidating mechanisms of how the natural animal reservoirs of these viruses coexist with these agents
Joseph Prescott, Jonathan C. Guito, Jessica R. Spengler, Catherine E. Arnold, Amy J. Schuh, Brian R. Amman, Tara K. Sealy, Lisa W. Guerrero, Gustavo F. Palacios, Mariano Sanchez-Lockhart, Cesar G. Albariño, Jonathan S. Towner   +11 more
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