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Egyptian rousette bat macrophages elicit divergent interferon responses and cytokine storm signalling against Marburg and Sudan viruses [PDF]

Abstract Egyptian rousette bats (ERBs) are the only known natural reservoir of Marburg virus (MARV), etiologic agent of a highly-pathogenic zoonotic viral hemorrhagic fever. In ERBs, evolutionary adaptations allow for fine-tuned discrete pro-inflammatory immune responses that control MARV infection, yet permit population-level viral ...
Ivet A. Yordanova, Catherine Arnold, Nicolás Corrales, Jonathan C. Guito, Angelika Lander, Lay Teng Ang, Jonathan S. Towner, Joseph Prescott   +7 more
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Isolation of Angola-like Marburg virus from Egyptian rousette bats from West Africa [PDF]

Nature Communications, 2020
AbstractMarburg virus (MARV) causes sporadic outbreaks of severe Marburg virus disease (MVD). Most MVD outbreaks originated in East Africa and field studies in East Africa, South Africa, Zambia, and Gabon identified the Egyptian rousette bat (ERB; Rousettus aegyptiacus) as a natural reservoir. However, the largest recorded MVD outbreak with the highest
Brian R. Amman, Brian H. Bird, Ibrahim A. Bakarr, James Bangura, Amy J. Schuh, Jonathan Johnny, Tara K. Sealy, Immah Conteh, Alusine H. Koroma, Ibrahim Foday, Emmanuel Amara, Abdulai A. Bangura, Aiah A. Gbakima, Alexandre Tremeau-Bravard, Manjunatha Belaganahalli, Jasjeet Dhanota, Andrew Chow, Victoria Ontiveros, Alexandra Gibson, Joseph Turay, Ketan Patel, James Graziano, Camilla Bangura, Emmanuel S. Kamanda, Augustus Osborne, Emmanuel Saidu, Jonathan Musa, Doris Bangura, Samuel Maxwell Tom Williams, Richard Wadsworth, Mohamed Turay, Lavalie Edwin, Vanessa Mereweather-Thompson, Dickson Kargbo, Fatmata V. Bairoh, Marilyn Kanu, Willie Robert, Victor Lungai, Raoul Emeric Guetiya Wadoum, Moinya Coomber, Osman Kanu, Amara Jambai, Sorie M. Kamara, Celine H. Taboy, Tushar Singh, Jonna A. K. Mazet, Stuart T. Nichol, Tracey Goldstein, Jonathan S. Towner, Aiah Lebbie   +49 more
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Epauletted fruit bats prefer native plants and contribute to seed dispersal in a South African agricultural landscape

African Journal of Ecology, Volume 61, Issue 2, Page 399-410, June 2023., 2023
Abstract Fruit bats provide vital ecosystem services through seed dispersal aiding secondary forest regeneration. However, fruit bat species are often persecuted by fruit‐growing farmers due to perceived and actual crop damage. In this study, we investigated the dietary components of Epomophorous wahlbergi, Epomophorous crypturus and Rousettus ...
Vusani Mphethe, Sina Weier, Catrin Westphal, Birthe Linden, Lourens Swanepoel, Daniel Parker, Peter Taylor   +6 more
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Exotic animal cafés in Japan: A new fashion with potential implications for biodiversity, global health, and animal welfare

Conservation Science and Practice, Volume 5, Issue 2, February 2023., 2023
Wildlife trade is a multibillion‐dollar industry and is also largely fueled by the demand for exotic pets. We document, in Japan, the recent exotic pet café phenomenon, and recorded 3793 individuals belonging to 419 different species present in these cafés including many threatened species and several Convention on International Trade in Endangered ...
Marie Sigaud, Tomomi Kitade, Cécile Sarabian   +2 more
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Taking flight: An ecological, evolutionary and genomic perspective on bat telomeres

Molecular Ecology, Volume 31, Issue 23, Page 6053-6068, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Over 20% of all living mammals are bats (order Chiroptera). Bats possess extraordinary adaptations including powered flight, laryngeal echolocation and a unique immune system that enables them to tolerate a diversity of viral infections without presenting clinical disease symptoms. They occupy multiple trophic niches and environments globally.
Megan L. Power, Nicole M. Foley, Gareth Jones, Emma C. Teeling   +3 more
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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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Egyptian Rousette IFN-ω Subtypes Elicit Distinct Antiviral Effects and Transcriptional Responses in Conspecific Cells

Frontiers in Immunology, 2020
Bats host a number of viruses that cause severe disease in humans without experiencing overt symptoms of disease themselves. While the mechanisms underlying this ability to avoid sickness are not known, deep sequencing studies of bat genomes have ...
Stephanie S. Pavlovich, Stephanie S. Pavlovich, Tamarand Darling, Adam J. Hume, Adam J. Hume, Robert A. Davey, Robert A. Davey, Robert A. Davey, Feng Feng, Elke Mühlberger, Elke Mühlberger, Thomas B. Kepler, Thomas B. Kepler, Thomas B. Kepler   +13 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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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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