Social network analysis has achieved remarkable popularity in disease ecology, and is
sometimes carried out without investigating spatial heterogeneity. Many investigations into …

The prevalence and intensity of parasites in wild hosts varies across space and is a key
determinant of infection risk in humans, domestic animals and threatened wildlife. Because …

The rapid global spread and human health impacts of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes
COVID-19, show humanity's vulnerability to zoonotic disease pandemics. Although …

Bats harbor high-impact zoonotic viruses often in the absence of disease manifestation. This
restriction and disease tolerance possibly rely on specific immunological features. In-depth …

Despite a small genome size, bats have comparable diversity of retroviral and non-retroviral
endogenous sequences to other mammals. These include Class I and Class II retroviral …

All parasites are heterogeneous in space, yet little is known about the prevalence and scale
of this spatial variation, particularly in wild animal systems. To address this question, we …

Spatial heterogeneity in susceptibility and exposure to parasites is a common source of
confounding variation in disease ecology studies. However, it is not known whether spatial …

External signs of disease are frequently used as indicators of disease susceptibility.
However, immune profiling can be a more effective indicator to understand how host …

Exposure to heavy metals in mining zones is a significant threat, which can affect ecosystem
services and contribute to the decline of wild bat populations. The present study investigated …

The acute phase response (APR) is an evolutionarily well-conserved part of the innate
immune defense against pathogens. However, recent studies in bats yielded surprisingly …