Bats are known to harbor and transmit many emerging and re-emerging viruses, many of
which are extremely pathogenic in humans but do not cause overt pathology in their bat …

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 …

Bat flies (Hippoboscoidea: Nycteribiidae and Streblidae) are obligate hematophagous
ectoparasites of bats. We collected streblid bat flies from the New World (México) and the …

Bats are a unique but diverse group of mammals in the order Chiroptera (meaning “hand-
wings” in Greek), which is the second largest order of mammals in terms of species number …

Ecological and experimental infection studies have identified Egyptian rousette bats (ERBs;
Rousettus aegyptiacus: family Pteropodidae) as a reservoir host for the zoonotic rubula-like …

Tibet orbivirus (TIBOV), a new candidate of Orbivirus genus, was initially isolated from
mosquitoes in Tibet in 2009 and subsequently from both Culicoides and mosquitoes in …

The risk for the emergence of novel viral zoonotic diseases in animals and humans in
Uganda is high given its geographical location with high biodiversity. We aimed to identify …

Цель. Цель настоящей работы заключается в анализе представленности вирусов
рукокрылых (Chiroptera) в различных таксонах царства Virae. Обсуждение. На …

Bluetongue virus (BTV) and African horse sickness virus (AHSV) are vector-borne viruses
belonging to the Orbivirus genus, which are transmitted between hosts primarily by biting …

Arboviruses are among emerging pathogens of public and veterinary health significance.
However, in most of sub-Saharan Africa, their role in the aetiologies of diseases in farm …