Despite being nearly 10 months into the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic,
the definitive animal host for SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus …

Bats are hosts of a range of viruses, including ebolaviruses, and many important human viral
infections, such as measles and mumps, may have their ancestry traced back to bats. Here, I …

The subfamily Orthoparamyxovirinae is a group of single-stranded, negative-sense RNA
viruses that contains many human, animal, and zoonotic pathogens. While there are …

The risk of spillover of enzootic paramyxoviruses and the susceptibility of recipient human
and domestic animal populations are defined by a broad collection of ecological and …

Bats provide key ecosystem services such as crop pest regulation, pollination, seed
dispersal, and soil fertilization. Bats are also major hosts for biological agents responsible …

Phocine distemper virus (PDV) was first recognized in 1988 following a massive epidemic in
harbor and grey seals in north-western Europe. Since then, the epidemiology of infection in …

Bats are reservoirs for emerging human pathogens, including Hendra and Nipah
henipaviruses and Ebola and Marburg filoviruses. These viruses demonstrate predictable …

A growing number of recent studies have highlighted bats as a reservoir for Leptospira
bacteria, pointing out the potential role of bats in the epidemiology of the most widespread …

The Nycteribiidae are obligate blood-sucking Diptera (Hippoboscoidea) flies that parasitize
bats. Depending on species, these wingless flies exhibit either high specialism or …

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 …