Bats and zoonotic viruses: can we confidently link bats with emerging deadly viruses?

An increasingly asked question is 'can we confidently link bats with emerging viruses?'. No, or not yet, is the qualified answer based on the evidence available. Although more than 200 viruses - some of them deadly zoonotic viruses - have been isolated from or otherwise detected in bats, t...

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Main Authors: Ricardo Moratelli, Charles H Calisher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2015-02-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762015000100001&lng=en&tlng=en