Emerging Viruses: Coming in on a Wrinkled Wing and a Prayer

The role that bats have played in the emergence of several new infectious diseases has been under review. Bats have been identified as the reservoir hosts of newly emergent viruses such as Nipah virus, Hendra virus, and severe acute respiratory syndrome-like coronaviruses. This article expands on re...

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Published in:Clinical Infectious Diseases 2007-03, Vol.44 (5), p.711-717
Main Authors: Hughes, James M., Wilson, Mary E., Halpin, Kim, Hyatt, Alexander D., Plowright, Raina K., Epstein, Jonathan H., Daszak, Peter, Field, Hume E., Wang, Linfa, Daniels, Peter W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Bats
Biological and medical sciences
Chiroptera - virology
Communicable Diseases, Emerging - prevention & control
Communicable Diseases, Emerging - transmission
Communicable Diseases, Emerging - virology
Disease Outbreaks
Disease Vectors
Emerging Infections
Epidemiology
Hendra virus
Human viral diseases
Humans
Infections
Infectious diseases
Invited
Lyssavirus
Medical sciences
Nipah virus
Orthoreovirus, Mammalian - classification
Orthoreovirus, Mammalian - genetics
Phylogeny
Reservoir hosts
Viral diseases
Viral diseases of the respiratory system and ent viral diseases
Virus Diseases - prevention & control
Virus Diseases - transmission
Virus Diseases - virology
Viruses
Viruses - classification
Viruses - genetics
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Summary:The role that bats have played in the emergence of several new infectious diseases has been under review. Bats have been identified as the reservoir hosts of newly emergent viruses such as Nipah virus, Hendra virus, and severe acute respiratory syndrome-like coronaviruses. This article expands on recent findings about bats and viruses and their relevance to human infections. It briefly reviews the history of chiropteran viruses and discusses their emergence in the context of geography, phylogeny, and ecology. The public health and trade impacts of several outbreaks are also discussed. Finally, we attempt to predict where, when, and why we may see the emergence of new chiropteran viruses.
ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
DOI:10.1086/511078