Lessons from the host defences of bats, a unique viral reservoir

AT Irving, M Ahn, G Goh, DE Anderson, LF Wang - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
There have been several major outbreaks of emerging viral diseases, including Hendra,
Nipah, Marburg and Ebola virus diseases, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and …

From SARS to SARS-CoV-2, insights on structure, pathogenicity and immunity aspects of pandemic human coronaviruses

N Kirtipal, S Bharadwaj, SG Kang - Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Human Coronaviruses (HCoV), periodically emerging across the world, are
potential threat to humans such as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS …

Impacts of biodiversity and biodiversity loss on zoonotic diseases

F Keesing, RS Ostfeld - Proceedings of the National …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Zoonotic diseases are infectious diseases of humans caused by pathogens that are shared
between humans and other vertebrate animals. Previously, pristine natural areas with high …

Viral Metagenomics Revealed Sendai Virus and Coronavirus Infection of Malayan Pangolins (Manis javanica)

P Liu, W Chen, JP Chen - Viruses, 2019 - mdpi.com
Pangolins are endangered animals in urgent need of protection. Identifying and cataloguing
the viruses carried by pangolins is a logical approach to evaluate the range of potential …

Global shifts in mammalian population trends reveal key predictors of virus spillover risk

CK Johnson, PL Hitchens… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Emerging infectious diseases in humans are frequently caused by pathogens originating
from animal hosts, and zoonotic disease outbreaks present a major challenge to global …

Shifts in global bat diversity suggest a possible role of climate change in the emergence of SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2

RM Beyer, A Manica, C Mora - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Bats are the likely zoonotic origin of several coronaviruses (CoVs) that infect humans,
including SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2, both of which have caused large-scale …

Infectious diseases and meat production

R Espinosa, D Tago, N Treich - Environmental and Resource Economics, 2020 - Springer
Most infectious diseases in humans originate from animals. In this paper, we explore the role
of animal farming and meat consumption in the emergence and amplification of infectious …

Bats and coronaviruses

A Banerjee, K Kulcsar, V Misra, M Frieman, K Mossman - Viruses, 2019 - mdpi.com
Bats are speculated to be reservoirs of several emerging viruses including coronaviruses
(CoVs) that cause serious disease in humans and agricultural animals. These include CoVs …

Host and viral traits predict zoonotic spillover from mammals

KJ Olival, PR Hosseini, C Zambrana-Torrelio, N Ross… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
The majority of human emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic, with viruses that originate
in wild mammals of particular concern (for example, HIV, Ebola and SARS),,. Understanding …

History of the COVID-19 pandemic: Origin, explosion, worldwide spreading

S Platto, Y Wang, J Zhou, E Carafoli - Biochemical and biophysical …, 2021 - Elsevier
The SARS-CoV-2 virus of the COVID-19 pandemic, that is presently devastating the entire
world, had been active well before January of this year, when its pathogenic potential …