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 …

The virulence factor database (VFDB, http://www. mgc. ac. cn/VFs/) is devoted to providing
the scientific community with a comprehensive warehouse and online platform for …

Bats are the only flying placental mammals that constitute the second largest order of
mammals and present all around the world except in Arctic, Antarctica and a few oceanic …

Bats are implicated as natural reservoirs for a wide range of zoonotic viruses including
SARS and MERS coronaviruses, Ebola, Marburg, Nipah, Hendra, Rabies and other …

Spleen is one of the important lymphoid organs with wide variations of morphological and
physiological functions according to species. Morphology and function of the spleen in bats …

The lack of information about species distribution, also known as Wallacean shortfall, targets
most species, even charismatic animals like felids, limiting the performance of scientific …

Coronaviruses comprise important human and animal pathogens. Six coronavirus species
can cause human illness, probably all having a zoonotic origin. The prominent role of bats …

Abstract Bats (Order Chiroptera) are important reservoirs for viral pathogens, a number of
which cause high impact zoonotic diseases that infect humans and livestock. This thesis …

Emerging infectious diseases are a significant threat to global public health and biosecurity.
The majority (~ 60%) are zoonoses, which are infectious diseases that are transmitted from …

Various pressures such as rapid uncontrolled urbanization, growing wildlife populations,
and climate change have increased the human-wildlife interface. Unfortunately, interactions …