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Emerging Viruses: Coming in on a Wrinkled Wing and a Prayer

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Halpin, K., Hyatt, A.D., Plowright, R.K., Epstein, J.H., Daszak, P., Field, H.E., Wang, L. and Daniels, P.W. (2007) Emerging Viruses: Coming in on a Wrinkled Wing and a Prayer. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 44 (5). pp. 711-717.

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Article Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/511078

Organisation URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7107893/

Abstract

The role that bats have played in the emergence of several new infectious diseases has been under review. Bats have been identified as the reservoir hosts of newly emergent viruses such as Nipah virus, Hendra virus, and severe acute respiratory syndrome–like coronaviruses. This article expands on recent findings about bats and viruses and their relevance to human infections. It briefly reviews the history of chiropteran viruses and discusses their emergence in the context of geography, phylogeny, and ecology. The public health and trade impacts of several outbreaks are also discussed. Finally, we attempt to predict where, when, and why we may see the emergence of new chiropteran viruses.

Item Type:Article
Corporate Creators:Biosecurity Queensland
Additional Information:PMC Open Access PDF attached
Keywords:Chiropteran viruses; infectious diseases; bats; Hendra virus; Nipah virus.
Subjects:Veterinary medicine > Veterinary epidemiology. Epizootiology
Veterinary medicine > Diseases of special classes of animals
Live Archive:20 Jan 2009 06:39
Last Modified:03 Sep 2021 16:43

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