ReviewViruses2014
Filoviruses in bats: current knowledge and future directions.
Review in Viruses, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 152 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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152 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 304 citations in OpenAlex.
- Major bat-borne zoonotic viral epidemics in Asia and Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Veterinary medicine and science · 2022Pooled it
- Risk factors for transmission of Ebola or Marburg virus disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of epidemiology · 2016Pooled it
- Serological and transcriptomic response of African fruit bats to immune challenge with recombinant vaccines expressing Ebola or Nipah virus antigens.Royal Society open science · 2026Article
- The 2026 Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Virology, epidemiology, continental response, and research priorities.Infectious medicine · 2026Review
- One Health Insights From Pteropus medius: Nipah Virus Spillover, Microbiota, and Antimicrobial Resistance.MicrobiologyOpen · 2026Review
- Host-virus association databases as tools for understanding viral spillover at varying scales.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- The Re-Emergence of Bundibugyo Ebolavirus in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo: Epidemiological Drivers, Response Strategies, and Implications for Global Health Security.Infection and drug resistance · 2026Review
- Emerging and re-emerging vector-borne and other zoonotic RNA viruses: pathogenesis, climate-driven dynamics, and strategies for global control.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- Spatial risks of Orthoebolavirus spillover vary based on outbreak type.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2025Article
- Serologic evidence of orthomarburgviruses and an orthoebolavirus in frugivorous Malagasy bats.One health outlook · 2025Article
- Comparison of the biological properties of bat-derived filovirus envelope glycoproteins.Journal of virology · 2025Article
- Refining early detection of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) in Rwanda: Leveraging predictive symptom clusters to enhance case definitions.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2025Article
- Where is the elusive primaryBioscience · 2025Article
- Bat Viral Shedding: A Review of Seasonal Patterns and Risk Factors.Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) · 2025Review
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- A field guide for sampling bats (Chiroptera) for eco-epidemiological studies.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Review
- A high-throughput, polymerase-targeted RT-PCR for broad detection of mammalian filoviruses.Microbiology spectrum · 2024Article
- Establishing Primary and Stable Cell Lines from Frozen Wing Biopsies for Cellular, Physiological, and Genetic Studies in Bats.Current protocols · 2024Article
- Detection of Bombali Virus in aViruses · 2024Article
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Filoviruses, including Ebolavirus and Marburgvirus, pose significant threats to public health and species conservation by causing hemorrhagic fever outbreaks with high mortality rates. Since the first outbreak in 1967, their origins, natural history, and ecology remained elusive until recent studies linked them through molecular, serological, and virological studies to bats. We review the ecology, epidemiology, and natural history of these systems, drawing on examples from other bat-borne zoonoses, and highlight key areas for future research. We compare and contrast results from ecological and virological studies of bats and filoviruses with those of other systems. We also highlight how advanced methods, such as more recent serological assays, can be interlinked with flexible statistical methods and experimental studies to inform the field studies necessary to understand filovirus persistence in wildlife populations and cross-species transmission leading to outbreaks. We highlight the need for a more unified, global surveillance strategy for filoviruses in wildlife, and advocate for more integrated, multi-disciplinary approaches to understand dynamics in bat populations to ultimately mitigate or prevent potentially devastating disease outbreaks.
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