TY - JOUR
T1 - Bats in ecosystems and their Wide spectrum of viral infectious potential threats
T2 - SARS-CoV-2 and other emerging viruses
AU - Bonilla-Aldana, D. Katterine
AU - Jimenez-Diaz, S. Daniela
AU - Arango-Duque, J. Sebastian
AU - Aguirre-Florez, Mateo
AU - Balbin-Ramon, Graciela J.
AU - Paniz-Mondolfi, Alberto
AU - Suárez, Jose Antonio
AU - Pachar, Monica R.
AU - Perez-Garcia, Luis A.
AU - Delgado-Noguera, Lourdes A.
AU - Sierra, Manuel Antonio
AU - Muñoz-Lara, Fausto
AU - Zambrano, Lysien I.
AU - Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Author(s)
PY - 2021/1
Y1 - 2021/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Anthropocene
KW - Bats
KW - Cross-Species
KW - Evolution
KW - Transmission
KW - Viruses
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85091745229&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.08.050
DO - 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.08.050
M3 - Review article
C2 - 32829048
AN - SCOPUS:85091745229
SN - 1201-9712
VL - 102
SP - 87
EP - 96
JO - International Journal of Infectious Diseases
JF - International Journal of Infectious Diseases
ER -