ReviewiScience2022
Molecular, ecological, and behavioral drivers of the bat-virus relationship.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Chiropteran (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Staphylococcus aureus, including MRSA and PVL-positive isolates, in Egyptian fruit bats.BMC veterinary research · 2026Article
- Extraordinary diversity of antiviral immune-related gene families across 38 bat species.BMC biology · 2026Article
- Ecological insights into the cross-domain microbiome interactions in the hematophagous bat Desmodus rotundus.Animal microbiome · 2026Article
- Bat Cave Vulnerability to Anthropogenic Factors: Status and Priorities for Conservation Within the Mount Elgon Region, Uganda.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Bat Dicer antiviral role and subcellular localization differ upon alphavirus infection in two distinct species.PLoS pathogens · 2025Article
- Circulation characteristics of bat coronaviruses linked to bat ecological factors in Korea, 2021-2022.Virulence · 2025Article
- Bat things come in threes: within-host dynamics of herpesvirus triple infection in bats.Journal of virology · 2025Article
- Viral epidemic potential is not uniformly distributed across the bat phylogeny.Communications biology · 2025Article
- Genome-Wide Identification of MicroRNAs and Immune-Related Proteins Provides Insights into Antiviral Adaptations in Common Vampire Bat.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Diverse hosts, diverse immune systems: Evolutionary variation in bat immunology.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025Review
- A One Health approach to understanding and managing Nipah virus outbreaks.Nature microbiology · 2025Review
- Limited diversity of bat-associated RNA viruses in endangered and geographically isolated Christmas Island flying foxes.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2025Article
- Expanding the bat toolbox: Carollia perspicillata bat cell lines and reagents enable the characterization of viral susceptibility and innate immune responses.PLoS biology · 2025Article
- Review
- Bats from an area of the Colombian Caribbean reveal the circulation ofCurrent research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases · 2025Article
- Studying bats using a One Health lens: bridging the gap between bat virology and disease ecology.Journal of virology · 2024Review
- Novel Betaherpesviruses in Neotropical Bats on the Caribbean Island of St. Kitts: First Report from Antillean Tree Bats (Microorganisms · 2024Article
- Alternative splicing expands the antiviral IFITM repertoire in Chinese rufous horseshoe bats.PLoS pathogens · 2024Article
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Abstract
Bats perform important ecological roles in our ecosystem. However, recent studies have demonstrated that bats are reservoirs of emerging viruses that have spilled over into humans and agricultural animals to cause severe diseases. These viruses include Hendra and Nipah paramyxoviruses, Ebola and Marburg filoviruses, and coronaviruses that are closely related to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV), Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), and the recently emerged SARS-CoV-2. Intriguingly, bats that are naturally or experimentally infected with these viruses do not show clinical signs of disease. Here we have reviewed ecological, behavioral, and molecular factors that may influence the ability of bats to harbor viruses. We have summarized known zoonotic potential of bat-borne viruses and stress on the need for further studies to better understand the evolutionary relationship between bats and their viruses, along with discovering the intrinsic and external factors that facilitate the successful spillover of viruses from bats.
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