Bat Flight and Zoonotic Viruses

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dc.citation.issue5
dc.citation.volume20
dc.contributor.authorO Shea TJ
dc.contributor.authorCryan PM
dc.contributor.authorCunningham AA
dc.contributor.authorFooks AR
dc.contributor.authorHayman DTS
dc.contributor.authorLuis AD
dc.contributor.authorPeel AJ
dc.contributor.authorPlowright RK
dc.contributor.authorWood JLN
dc.date.available2014-05
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractBats are sources of high viral diversity and high-profile zoonotic viruses worldwide. Although apparently not pathogenic in their reservoir hosts, some viruses from bats severely affect other mammals, including humans. Examples include severe acute respiratory syndrome coronaviruses, Ebola and Marburg viruses, and Nipah and Hendra viruses. Factors underlying high viral diversity in bats are the subject of speculation. We hypothesize that flight, a factor common to all bats but to no other mammals, provides an intensive selective force for coexistence with viral parasites through a daily cycle that elevates metabolism and body temperature analogous to the febrile response in other mammals. On an evolutionary scale, this host–virus interaction might have resulted in the large diversity of zoonotic viruses in bats, possibly through bat viruses adapting to be more tolerant of the fever response and less virulent to their natural hosts.
dc.description.publication-statusPublished
dc.format.extent741 - 745
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dc.identifier.citationEMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 2014, 20 (5), pp. 741 - 745
dc.identifier.doi10.3201/eid2005.130539
dc.identifier.eissn1080-6059
dc.identifier.elements-id220119
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.issn1080-6040
dc.publisherCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
dc.relation.isPartOfEMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
dc.subject.anzsrc1103 Clinical Sciences
dc.subject.anzsrc1108 Medical Microbiology
dc.subject.anzsrc1117 Public Health and Health Services
dc.titleBat Flight and Zoonotic Viruses
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.notesNot known
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Sciences
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Sciences/School of Veterinary Science
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