Bat-borne virus diversity, spillover and emergence

M Letko, SN Seifert, KJ Olival, RK Plowright… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Most viral pathogens in humans have animal origins and arose through cross-species
transmission. Over the past 50 years, several viruses, including Ebola virus, Marburg virus …

Novel insights into immune systems of bats

A Banerjee, ML Baker, K Kulcsar, V Misra… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, viruses similar to those that cause serious disease in humans and other
mammals have been detected in apparently healthy bats. These include filoviruses …

Ecological conditions predict the intensity of Hendra virus excretion over space and time from bat reservoir hosts

DJ Becker, P Eby, W Madden, AJ Peel… - Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The ecological conditions experienced by wildlife reservoirs affect infection dynamics and
thus the distribution of pathogen excreted into the environment. This spatial and temporal …

Inferring the disruption of rabies circulation in vampire bat populations using a betaherpesvirus-vectored transmissible vaccine

ME Griffiths, DK Meza, DT Haydon… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Transmissible vaccines are an emerging biotechnology that hold prospects to eliminate
pathogens from wildlife populations. Such vaccines would genetically modify naturally …

Sampling to elucidate the dynamics of infections in reservoir hosts

RK Plowright, DJ Becker… - … Transactions of the …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The risk of zoonotic spillover from reservoir hosts, such as wildlife or domestic livestock, to
people is shaped by the spatial and temporal distribution of infection in reservoir …

Setting the terms for zoonotic diseases: effective communication for research, conservation, and public policy

JT Shapiro, L Víquez-R, S Leopardi, A Vicente-Santos… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Many of the world's most pressing issues, such as the emergence of zoonotic diseases, can
only be addressed through interdisciplinary research. However, the findings of …

Ecological determinants of rabies virus dynamics in vampire bats and spillover to livestock

DK Meza, N Mollentze, A Broos… - … of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The pathogen transmission dynamics in bat reservoirs underpin efforts to reduce risks to
human health and enhance bat conservation, but are notoriously challenging to resolve. For …

Henipavirus immune evasion and pathogenesis mechanisms: lessons learnt from natural infection and animal models

P Lawrence, B Escudero-Pérez - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nipah henipavirus (NiV) and Hendra henipavirus (HeV) are zoonotic emerging
paramyxoviruses causing severe disease outbreaks in humans and livestock, mostly in …

Dynamic and integrative approaches to understanding pathogen spillover

DJ Becker, AD Washburne… - … of the Royal …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
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The problem of scale in the prediction and management of pathogen spillover

DJ Becker, AD Washburne… - … of the Royal …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Disease emergence events, epidemics and pandemics all underscore the need to predict
zoonotic pathogen spillover. Because cross-species transmission is inherently hierarchical …