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 …

The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 highlights a need for evidence-based strategies to monitor
bat viruses. We performed a systematic review of coronavirus sampling (testing for RNA …

Many recent disease outbreaks in humans had a zoonotic virus etiology. Bats in particular
have been recognized as reservoirs to a large variety of viruses with the potential to cross …

Infectious diseases continue to impose unpredictable burdens on global health and
economies, a subject that requires constant research and updates. In this sense, the …

The distribution ranges and spatio‐temporal patterns in the occurrence and activity of boreal
bats are yet largely unknown due to their cryptic lifestyle and lack of suitable and efficient …

Co-infection is an underappreciated phenomenon in contemporary disease ecology despite
its ubiquity and importance in nature. Viruses, and other co-infecting agents, can interact in …

Bats have been increasingly gaining attention as potential reservoir hosts of some of the
most virulent viruses known. Numerous review articles summarize bats as potential reservoir …

This comprehensive species-specific chapter covers all aspects of the mammalian biology,
including paleontology, physiology, genetics, reproduction and development, ecology …

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of next generation sequencing (NGS) has
proved to be an important tool for the genetic characterization of SARS-CoV-2 from clinical …

Bat species worldwide are receiving increased attention for the discovery of emerging
viruses, cross-species transmission, and zoonoses, as well as for characterizing virus …