Bats and Viruses [Elektronisk resurs] From Pathogen Discovery to Host Genomics / edited by Lin-Fa Wang and Christopher Cowled.

• 1. The Uniqueness of Bats / Paul A. Racey -- 2. Viruses in Bats / Charles H. Calisher -- 3. Bat Lyssaviruses / Ivan V. Kuzmin and Charles E. Rupprecht -- 4. Bat Paramyxoviruses / Danielle E. Anderson and Glenn A. Marsh -- 5. Bat Coronaviruses / Xing-Yi Ge, Ben Hu and Zheng-Li Shi -- 6. Bat Filoviruses / Gael Darren Maganga, Virginie Rougeron and Eric Maurice Leroy -- 7. Bats and Reverse Transcribing RNA and DNA Viruses / Gilda Tachedjian, Joshua A. Hayward and Jie Cui -- 8. Bat Reoviruses / Claudia Kohl and Andreas Kurth -- 9. Other Bat-Borne Viruses / Krista Queen, Mang Shi, Larry J. Anderson and Suxiang Tong -- 10. Anthropogenic Epidemics / Jonathan H. Epstein and Hume E. Field -- 11. Are Bats Really “Special” as Viral Reservoirs? What We Know and Need to Know / Kevin J. Olival, Cristin C. Weekley and Peter Daszak -- 12. Animal Models of Recently Emerged Bat-Borne Viruses / Jackie A. Pallister and Deborah J. Middleton -- 13. Bat Genomics / James W. Wynne and Mary Tachedjian -- 14. Bat Immunology / Michelle L. Baker and Peng Zhou. 

• Approximately 75% of emerging infectious diseases are zoonoses, and the rate of emergence of zoonotic diseases is on the rise. Bats are being increasingly recognised as an important reservoir of zoonotic viruses of different families, including SARS coronavirus, Nipah virus, Hendra virus and Ebola virus. Understanding bats' role in emerging zoonotic diseases is crucial to this rapidly expanding area of research. Bats and Viruses: A New Frontier of Emerging Infectious Diseases provides an updated overview of research focusing on bat biology and the role bats play as hosts of many major zoonotic viruses. The text covers bat biology, immunology, and genomics. Chapters also delve into the various major bat-borne virus families, including lyssaviruses, paramyxoviruses, coronaviruses, filoviruses and reoviruses, among others. 

Ämnesord

Fladdermöss  (sao)

Bats as carriers of disease  (LCSH)

Bats  (LCSH)

Klassifikation

614.434 (DDC)

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