Adaptive evolution of the myo6 gene in old world fruit bats (family: pteropodidae). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Myosin VI (encoded by the Myo6 gene) is highly expressed in the inner and outer hair cells of the ear, retina, and polarized epithelial cells such as kidney proximal tubule cells and intestinal enterocytes.
Bin Shen +4 more
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Different but Not Unique: Deciphering the Immunity of the Jamaican Fruit Bat by Studying Its Viriome [PDF]
Viruses, 2022 A specialized and fine-tuned immune response of bats upon infection with viruses is believed to provide the basis for a “friendly” coexistence with these pathogens, which are often lethal for humans and other mammals.
Quinnlan David +3 more
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Attenuated infection by a Pteropine orthoreovirus isolated from an Egyptian fruit bat in Zambia. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021 BackgroundPteropine orthoreovirus (PRV) is an emerging bat-borne zoonotic virus that causes severe respiratory illness in humans. Although PRVs have been identified in fruit bats and humans in Australia and Asia, little is known about the prevalence of ...
Hayato Harima +17 more
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Detection of novel coronaviruses from dusky fruit bat (Penthetor lucasi) in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo [PDF]
Veterinary Medicine and Science, 2023 Background Sarawak has one of the highest diversity of fruit bats species (family Pteropodidae) in Malaysia, with 19 species described. Most coronavirus (CoV) studies have mainly focused on insectivorous bats, resulting in a lack of information on CoVs ...
Sultana Parvin Habeebur‐Rahman +3 more
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Diversity and seasonality of ectoparasite burden on two species of Madagascar fruit bat, Eidolon dupreanum and Rousettus madagascariensis [PDF]
Parasites & VectorsBackground Bats are important reservoir hosts for a variety of pathogens, some of which are transmitted by ectoparasite vectors including mites, fleas, lice, ticks, and bat flies (families Nycteribiidae and Streblidae).
Angelo F. Andrianiaina +11 more
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Jamaican fruit bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) insusceptibility to mucosal inoculation with SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant is not caused by receptor compatibility [PDF]
npj VirusesThe ancestral sarbecovirus giving rise to SARS-CoV-2 is posited to have originated in bats. While SARS-CoV-2 causes asymptomatic to severe respiratory disease in humans, little is known about the biology, virus tropism, and immunity of SARS-CoV-2-like ...
Julia R. Port +19 more
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A novel poxvirus isolated from an Egyptian fruit bat in Israel [PDF]
Veterinary Medicine and Science, 2020 An Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) from the Zoological Gardens, at Tel Aviv, Israel, showed pox‐like clinical signs including vesicular and nodular skin lesions on the wings.
Dan David +7 more
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Seasonal variation in food availability and relative importance of dietary items in the Gambian epauletted fruit bat (Epomophorus gambianus) [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2019 The Gambian epauletted fruit bat (Epomophorus gambianus) is very common across a variety of West African habitats, but very little information is available on its feeding ecology or its contribution to ecosystem function.
Kofi Amponsah‐Mensah +3 more
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Marburg Virus in Fruit Bat, Kenya
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2010 (Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) No abstract provided.
Ivan V. Kuzmin +8 more
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Pteropine Orthoreovirus in an Angolan Soft-Furred Fruit Bat (Lissonycteris angolensis) in Uganda Dramatically Expands the Global Distribution of an Emerging Bat-Borne Respiratory Virus [PDF]
Viruses, 2020 Pteropine orthoreovirus (PRV; Reoviridae: Spinareovirinae) is an emerging bat-borne zoonotic virus that causes influenza-like illness (ILI). PRV has thus far been found only in Australia and Asia, where diverse old-world fruit bats (Pteropodidae) serve ...
Andrew J. Bennett, Tony L. Goldberg
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