Lessons from the host defences of bats, a unique viral reservoir
There have been several major outbreaks of emerging viral diseases, including Hendra,
Nipah, Marburg and Ebola virus diseases, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and …
Nipah, Marburg and Ebola virus diseases, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and …
Viruses in bats and potential spillover to animals and humans
LF Wang, DE Anderson - Current opinion in virology, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•Bats are a very important source of emerging viruses.•Bat coronavirus, filovirus,
paramyxovirus and reovirus are known zoonotic viruses.•Many of the emergent bat viruses …
paramyxovirus and reovirus are known zoonotic viruses.•Many of the emergent bat viruses …
The discovery of Bombali virus adds further support for bats as hosts of ebolaviruses
T Goldstein, SJ Anthony, A Gbakima, BH Bird… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Here we describe the complete genome of a new ebolavirus, Bombali virus (BOMV)
detected in free-tailed bats in Sierra Leone (little free-tailed (Chaerephon pumilus) and …
detected in free-tailed bats in Sierra Leone (little free-tailed (Chaerephon pumilus) and …
The pathogenesis of Ebola virus disease
L Baseler, DS Chertow, KM Johnson… - Annual Review of …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
For almost 50 years, ebolaviruses and related filoviruses have been repeatedly reemerging
across the vast equatorial belt of the African continent to cause epidemics of highly fatal …
across the vast equatorial belt of the African continent to cause epidemics of highly fatal …
Viral quasispecies evolution
Evolution of RNA viruses occurs through disequilibria of collections of closely related mutant
spectra or mutant clouds termed viral quasispecies. Here we review the origin of the …
spectra or mutant clouds termed viral quasispecies. Here we review the origin of the …
Filovirus pathogenesis and immune evasion: insights from Ebola virus and Marburg virus
I Messaoudi, GK Amarasinghe, CF Basler - Nature Reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
Ebola viruses and Marburg viruses, members of the filovirus family, are zoonotic pathogens
that cause severe disease in people, as highlighted by the latest Ebola virus epidemic in …
that cause severe disease in people, as highlighted by the latest Ebola virus epidemic in …
Mapping the zoonotic niche of Ebola virus disease in Africa
Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a complex zoonosis that is highly virulent in humans. The
largest recorded outbreak of EVD is ongoing in West Africa, outside of its previously reported …
largest recorded outbreak of EVD is ongoing in West Africa, outside of its previously reported …
Filoviruses in bats: current knowledge and future directions
KJ Olival, DTS Hayman - Viruses, 2014 - mdpi.com
Filoviruses, including Ebolavirus and Marburgvirus, pose significant threats to public health
and species conservation by causing hemorrhagic fever outbreaks with high mortality rates …
and species conservation by causing hemorrhagic fever outbreaks with high mortality rates …
Isolation of infectious Lloviu virus from Schreiber's bats in Hungary
Some filoviruses can be transmitted to humans by zoonotic spillover events from their
natural host and filovirus outbreaks have occured with increasing frequency in the last years …
natural host and filovirus outbreaks have occured with increasing frequency in the last years …