Can Bats Serve as Reservoirs for Arboviruses?

Can Bats Serve as Reservoirs for Arboviruses?

Bats are known to harbor and transmit many emerging and re-emerging viruses, many of which are extremely pathogenic in humans but do not cause overt pathology in their bat reservoir hosts: henipaviruses (Nipah and Hendra), filoviruses (Ebola and Marburg), and coronaviruses (SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV). D...

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Main Authors: Anna C. Fagre, Rebekah C. Kading
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-03-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
arboviruses
bats
reservoir
wildlife
zoonoses
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/11/3/215

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