Bats are hosts of a range of viruses, including ebolaviruses, and many important human viral
infections, such as measles and mumps, may have their ancestry traced back to bats. Here, I …

Senecavirus A (SVA) is the only member of the genus Senecavirus within the family
Picornaviridae. This virus was discovered as a serendipitous finding in 2002 (and named …

Species within the Neoromicia bat genus are abundant and widely distributed in Africa. It is
common for these insectivorous bats to roost in anthropogenic structures in urban regions …

The contemporary surge in metagenomic sequencing has transformed knowledge of viral
diversity in wildlife. However, evaluating which newly discovered viruses pose sufficient risk …

Bats have been increasingly gaining attention as potential reservoir hosts of some of the
most virulent viruses known. Numerous review articles summarize bats as potential reservoir …

Recently several infectious agents with a zoonotic potential have been detected in different
bat species. However, there is still a lack of knowledge on the transmission dynamics within …

Bats are known hosts for a wide range of coronaviruses (CoVs), including those that cause
severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV-1) and Middle East respiratory syndrome …

Abstract Background The order Picornavirales represents a diverse group of positive-
stranded RNA viruses with small non-enveloped icosahedral virions. Recently, bats have …

Bats have been increasingly recognised as an exceptional reservoir for emerging zoonotic
viruses for the past few decades. Recent studies indicate that the unique bat immune system …

While bats are often referred to as reservoirs of viral pathogens, a meta-analysis of the
literature reveals many cases in which there is not enough evidence to claim so. In many …