Ecology, evolution and spillover of coronaviruses from bats

M Ruiz-Aravena, C McKee, A Gamble, T Lunn… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
In the past two decades, three coronaviruses with ancestral origins in bats have emerged
and caused widespread outbreaks in humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome …

[HTML][HTML] Zoonotic disease and virome diversity in bats

K Van Brussel, EC Holmes - Current Opinion in Virology, 2022 - Elsevier
The emergence of zoonotic viral diseases in humans commonly reflects exposure to
mammalian wildlife. Bats (order Chiroptera) are arguably the most important mammalian …

The ecology of viral emergence

EC Holmes - Annual Review of Virology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a profound impact on human
health, economic well-being, and societal function. It is essential that we use this …

A review of non-invasive sampling in wildlife disease and health research: what's new?

AK Schilling, MV Mazzamuto, C Romeo - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The interest in wildlife research has increased in the last decades as more
scientists work within a One Health framework that regards human, livestock and wildlife …

Chirohepevirus from Bats: Insights into Hepatitis E Virus Diversity and Evolution

B Wang, XL Yang - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Homologs of the human hepatitis E virus (HEV) have been identified in more than a dozen
animal species. Some of them have been evidenced to cross species barriers and infect …

Full-genome sequencing of dozens of new DNA viruses found in Spanish bat feces

J Buigues, A Viñals, R Martínez-Recio… - Microbiology …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Bats are natural hosts of multiple viruses, many of which have clear zoonotic potential. The
search for emerging viruses has been aided by the implementation of metagenomic tools …

Viral metagenomic data analyses of five new world bat species from Argentina: identification of 35 novel DNA viruses

EM Bolatti, G Viarengo, TM Zorec, A Cerri, ME Montani… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bats are natural reservoirs of a variety of zoonotic viruses, many of which cause severe
human diseases. Characterizing viruses of bats inhabiting different geographical regions is …

The virome of bats inhabiting Brazilian biomes: Knowledge gaps and biases towards zoonotic viruses

GL Wallau, E Barbier, A Tomazatos… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bats host a large variety of viruses, including some that may infect other vertebrates and
humans. Research on bat-borne viruses attracted significant attention in recent years mainly …

[HTML][HTML] Faecal virome of the Australian grey-headed flying fox from urban/suburban environments contains novel coronaviruses, retroviruses and sapoviruses

K Van Brussel, JE Mahar, AS Ortiz-Baez, M Carrai… - Virology, 2022 - Elsevier
Bats are important reservoirs for viruses of public health and veterinary concern. Virus
studies in Australian bats usually target the families Paramyxoviridae, Coronaviridae and …

Virus diversity, abundance, and evolution in three different bat colonies in Switzerland

MA Wiederkehr, W Qi, K Schoenbaechler, C Fraefel… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bats are increasingly recognized as reservoirs for many different viruses that threaten public
health, such as Hendravirus, Ebolavirus, Nipahvirus, and SARS-and MERS-coronavirus. To …