Molecular and cellular evidence of natural Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus infection in frugivorous bats in Colombia [PDF]
Veterinary World, 2020 Background and Aim: Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) is an alphavirus that causes encephalitis with a high impact on public health in Latin America.
Camilo Guzmán +6 more
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Frugivorous bats in the Colombian Caribbean region are reservoirs of the rabies virus [PDF]
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 2019 Background Bats are an important ecological group within ecosystems. The rabies virus is a Lyssavirus, and haematophagous bats are the principal reservoir; however, the virus has also been detected in non-haematophagous bats.
Alfonso Calderón +5 more
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Characterizing the blood microbiota of omnivorous and frugivorous bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in Casanare, eastern Colombia [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Bats are known reservoirs of seemingly-innocuous pathogenic microorganisms (including viruses, bacteria, fungi, and protozoa), which are associated with triggering disease in other zoonotic groups.
Nicolas Luna +7 more
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Litomosoides sp. (Filarioidea: Onchocercidae) Infection in Frugivorous Bats (Artibeus spp.): Pathological Features, Molecular Evidence, and Prevalence [PDF]
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2019 Bats can host pathogenic organisms such as viruses and fungi, but little is known about the pathogenicity of their parasites. Hemoparasites are frequently recorded in Neotropical bats, particularly Litomosoides (Filarioidea: Onchocercidae), but their ...
Emilio Rendón-Franco +8 more
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023 This study included 47 free-ranging bats from the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Six bats (12.8%) had genital inflammatory lesions, and two of them (one Artibeus lituratus and one Glossophaga soricina, a frugivorous and a nectarivorous, respectively ...
Renato L. Santos
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No Trace of Blastocystis Parasite in Bats Caught in the Western and Southwestern Regions of Iran. [PDF]
Vet Med SciDespite screening 115 bats across four dominant species (Miniopterus pallidus, Myotis blythii, Rhinopoma microphyllum, and Rhinolophus euryale) from five caves in western and southwestern Iran using PCR, no evidence of Blastocystis infection was found, suggesting these bats are not current reservoirs for this parasite in this region.
Mosayebi MA +4 more
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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018 To clarify the role of bats in the ecology of Ebola viruses, we assessed the prevalence of Ebola virus antibodies in a large-scale sample of bats collected during 2015–2017 from countries in Africa that have had previous Ebola outbreaks (Guinea, the ...
Martine Peeters +2 more
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Frugivorous bats maintain functional habitat connectivity in agricultural landscapes but rely strongly on natural forest fragments. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Anthropogenic changes in land use threaten biodiversity and ecosystem functioning by the conversion of natural habitat into agricultural mosaic landscapes, often with drastic consequences for the associated fauna.
Simon P Ripperger +4 more
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Bat Colony and Cave Zone Shape Arthropod Assemblages in Levantine Caves [PDF]
InsectsCaves are characterized by unique abiotic conditions such as limited light, and they therefore support distinct faunal assemblages that often include endemic species.
Zeana Ganem +3 more
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Gut bacterial community profile of frugivorous bats from Cathedral Cave in Cavinti, Laguna, Philippines. [PDF]
Microbiology Resource AnnouncementsMarian P De Leon, Andrew Montecillo
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