1.
Int J Infect Dis
; 102: 87-96, 2021 Jan.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32829048
RESUMO
Bats have populated earth for approximately 52 million years, serving as natural reservoirs for a variety of viruses through the course of evolution. Transmission of highly pathogenic viruses from bats has been suspected or linked to a spectrum of potential emerging infectious diseases in humans and animals worldwide. Examples of such viruses include Marburg, Ebolavirus, Nipah, Hendra, Influenza A, Dengue, Equine Encephalitis viruses, Lyssaviruses, Madariaga and Coronaviruses, involving the now pandemic Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Herein, we provide a narrative review focused in selected emerging viral infectious diseases that have been reported from bats.
Assuntos
COVID-19/transmissão , Quirópteros/virologia , Reservatórios de Doenças/virologia , Ecossistema , SARS-CoV-2/isolamento & purificação , Animais , Doenças Transmissíveis Emergentes/transmissão , Doenças Transmissíveis Emergentes/veterinária , Humanos
2.
Int J Infect Dis
; 106: 197-198, 2021 05.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-33647513