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Video from a national park in Uganda depicted a parade of predatory species feeding on and dispersing fruit bats that are known natural reservoirs of infectious diseases. ...
Bats are carriers of various viruses, including infectious diseases that have passed on to humans in a process known as zoonotic contagion. In some cases, these aerial mammals have directly infected people. But in other cases, scientists believe that bats have transmitted deadly viruses to other animal species, which subsequently infected humans. A remarkable new video from Uganda offers direct visual evidence of the interaction between various …
A bat virus similar to the MERS coronavirus could become capable of infecting humans with just one mutation, warns a new scientific study.
Bats are natural carriers of deadly viruses for humans, including Marburg. A study in Uganda has shown how predators spread the infection further.
An international team led by scientists from the University of Montpellier, in collaboration with CNRS scientists and partners in Germany, Bulgaria, Finland and Ukraine, has analysed a huge number of samples of the fungus responsible for the greatest mammal mortality ever documented. This extensive work, which has involved more than 360 volunteers, has...
Scientists warn about a new coronavirus on bats, the HKU5-CoV-2, discovered in China. It belongs to the same family as the dangerous MERS-CoV virus. According to a recent study, it would be only "a small step" to be able to infect humans. Although no human case exists, its pandemic potential prompts researchers to organize increased surveillance.
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