Abstract
Bats have populated earth for approximately 52 million years, serving as natural reservoirs for a variety of viruses through the course of evolution. Transmission of highly pathogenic viruses from bats has been suspected or linked to a spectrum of potential emerging infectious diseases in humans and animals worldwide. Examples of such viruses include Marburg, Ebolavirus, Nipah, Hendra, Influenza A, Dengue, Equine Encephalitis viruses, Lyssaviruses, Madariaga and Coronaviruses, involving the now pandemic Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Herein, we provide a narrative review focused in selected emerging viral infectious diseases that have been reported from bats.
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 87-96 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | International Journal of Infectious Diseases |
| Volume | 102 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Indexed - Jan 2021 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2020 The Author(s)
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Keywords
- Anthropocene
- Bats
- Cross-Species
- Evolution
- Transmission
- Viruses
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