The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 likely emerged from a wildlife source with transmission
to humans followed by rapid geographic spread throughout the globe and severe impacts …

The current Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, with more than 111 million
reported cases and 2,500,000 deaths worldwide (mortality rate currently estimated at 2.2%) …

Diverse coronavirus (CoV) strains can infect both humans and animals and produce various
diseases. CoVs have caused three epidemics and pandemics in the last two decades, and …

Many recent disease outbreaks in humans had a zoonotic virus etiology. Bats in particular
have been recognized as reservoirs to a large variety of viruses with the potential to cross …

Rodents (order Rodentia), followed by bats (order Chiroptera), comprise the largest
percentage of living mammals on earth. Thus, it is not surprising that these two orders …

Background As the largest group of mammalian species, which are also widely distributed
all over the world, rodents are the natural reservoirs for many diverse zoonotic viruses. A …

The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had devastating health
and socio-economic impacts. Human activities, especially at the wildlife interphase, are at …

Bats are known to be reservoirs of several highly pathogenic viruses. Hence, the interest in
bat virus discovery has been increasing rapidly over the last decade. So far, most studies …

The birds (class Aves) and bats (order Chiroptera, class Mammalia) are well known natural
reservoirs of a diverse range of viruses, including some zoonoses. The only extant volant …

Bats have a primeval evolutionary origin and have adopted various survival methods. They
have played a central role in the emergence of various viral diseases. The sustenance of a …