Bat researcher Aditya Srinivasulu on his new study cataloguing bat echolocation data, how these flying mammals are important ...

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Nipah virus infection is a zoonotic illness that is transmitted to people from animals, and can also be transmitted through contaminated food or directly from person-to-person.

Bats are critical viral reservoirs that harbor viromes with a high risk of cross-species transmission. However, the diversity ...

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Colorado State University, where the research is taking place, has “an alarming pattern of recent animal lab accidents,” ...

Infectious disease researchers have identified Pteropine orthoreoviruses (PRVs), a group of newly emergent bat-borne viruses, ...

Epidemic-causing viruses are linked to a small number of bat families, not bats as a whole, improving outbreak prevention efforts.

Sometimes even bats need a sick day. Bats are renowned for the ability to be infected with viruses that can be deadly to people without showing signs of the diseases themselves. Ebola virus, Nipah ...

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New research from the University of Sydney sheds light on how coronaviruses emerge in bat populations, focusing on young bats as hotspots for infections and co-infections that may drive viral ...