Setting the Terms for Zoonotic Diseases: Effective Communication for Research, Conservation, and Public Policy

Does public fear that bats spread COVID-19 jeopardize bat conservation?

(2021) Manman Lu et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Evidence for SARS-CoV-2 related coronaviruses circulating in bats and pangolins in Southeast Asia

(2021) Supaporn Wacharapluesadee et al.   Nature Communications

Natural selection in the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in bats created a generalist virus and highly capable human pathogen

(2021) Oscar A. MacLean et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Variants and Impact in Global Vaccination Programs against SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19

(2021) Carmen Elena Gómez et al.   Vaccines

Cross‐species transmission of the newly identified coronavirus 2019‐nCoV

(2020) Wei Ji et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY

Why snakes probably aren’t spreading the new China virus

(2020) Ewen Callaway et al.   NATURE

A pneumonia outbreak associated with a new coronavirus of probable bat origin

(2020) Peng Zhou et al.   NATURE

Serological Survey of Lyssaviruses in Polish Bats in the Frame of Passive Rabies Surveillance Using an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay

(2020) Anna Orłowska et al.   Viruses-Basel

We shouldn’t worry when a virus mutates during disease outbreaks

(2020) Nathan D. Grubaugh et al.   Nature Microbiology

The spike glycoprotein of the new coronavirus 2019-nCoV contains a furin-like cleavage site absent in CoV of the same clade

(2020) B. Coutard et al.   ANTIVIRAL RESEARCH

A Genomic Perspective on the Origin and Emergence of SARS-CoV-2

(2020) Yong-Zhen Zhang et al.   CELL

The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2

(2020) Kristian G. Andersen et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Phylogenetic tree building in the genomic age

(2020) Paschalia Kapli et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Sampling bias and incorrect rooting make phylogenetic network tracing of SARS-COV-2 infections unreliable

(2020) Carla Mavian et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

COVID-19 drives new threat to bats in China

(2020) Huabin Zhao   SCIENCE

Guidelines for communicating about bats to prevent persecution in the time of COVID-19

(2020) Douglas MacFarlane et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Variant analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genomes

(2020) Takahiko Koyama et al.   BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

Temporal patterns of vampire bat rabies and host connectivity in Belize

(2020) Daniel J. Becker et al.   Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Abortive vampire bat rabies infections in Peruvian peridomestic livestock

(2020) Julio A. Benavides et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Evolutionary origins of the SARS-CoV-2 sarbecovirus lineage responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic

(2020) Maciej F. Boni et al.   Nature Microbiology

Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on public attitudes toward bats in Arkansas and implications for bat management

(2020) D. Blake Sasse et al.   HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF WILDLIFE

From SARS to COVID-19: A previously unknown SARS- related coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) of pandemic potential infecting humans – Call for a One Health approach

(2020) Mohamed E. El Zowalaty et al.   One Health

Bat conservation and zoonotic disease risk: a research agenda to prevent misguided persecution in the aftermath of COVID‐19

(2020) R. Rocha et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Beyond Infection: Integrating Competence into Reservoir Host Prediction

(2020) Daniel J. Becker et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Possibility for reverse zoonotic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to free-ranging wildlife: A case study of bats

(2020) Kevin J. Olival et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Evidence of exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in cats and dogs from households in Italy

(2020) E. I. Patterson et al.   Nature Communications

Television News Coverage of Public Health Issues and Implications for Public Health Policy and Practice

(2019) Sarah E. Gollust et al.   Annual Review of Public Health

Bats and Coronaviruses

(2019) Arinjay Banerjee et al.   Viruses-Basel

A Pathogen and a Non-pathogen Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia Trigger Differential Proteome Signatures in Macrophages

(2019) Pedro Curto et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Viruses in bats and potential spillover to animals and humans

(2019) Lin-Fa Wang et al.   Current Opinion in Virology

Disentangling serology to elucidate henipa‐ and filovirus transmission in Madagascar fruit bats

(2019) Cara E. Brook et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Global estimates of mammalian viral diversity accounting for host sharing

(2019) Colin J. Carlson et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Dynamic and integrative approaches to understanding pathogen spillover

(2019) Daniel J. Becker et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Host phylogenetic distance drives trends in virus virulence and transmissibility across the animal–human interface

(2019) Sarah Guth et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

What is stirring in the reservoir? Modelling mechanisms of henipavirus circulation in fruit bat hosts

(2019) Emma E. Glennon et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Ecological interventions to prevent and manage zoonotic pathogen spillover

(2019) Susanne H. Sokolow et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Filovirus-reactive antibodies in humans and bats in Northeast India imply zoonotic spillover

(2019) Pilot Dovih et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Rhabdoviridae

(2018) Peter J. Walker et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY

How many species of mammals are there?

(2018) Connor J Burgin et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Bayesian selection of misspecified models is overconfident and may cause spurious posterior probabilities for phylogenetic trees

(2018) Ziheng Yang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Antibody Responses to Marburg Virus in Egyptian Rousette Bats and Their Role in Protection against Infection

(2018) Nadia Storm et al.   Viruses-Basel

Support for viral persistence in bats from age-specific serology and models of maternal immunity

(2018) Alison J. Peel et al.   Scientific Reports

The discovery of Bombali virus adds further support for bats as hosts of ebolaviruses

(2018) Tracey Goldstein et al.   Nature Microbiology

Active and passive surveillance for bat lyssaviruses in Italy revealed serological evidence for their circulation in three bat species

(2018) S. Leopardi et al.   EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Ebola Virus Maintenance: If Not (Only) Bats, What Else?

(2018) Alexandre Caron et al.   Viruses-Basel

When bats go viral: negative framings in virological research imperil bat conservation

(2017) Adrià López-Baucells et al.   MAMMAL REVIEW

Pathways to zoonotic spillover

(2017) Raina K. Plowright et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

What is a vector?

(2017) Anthony James Wilson et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

More on the Best Evolutionary Rate for Phylogenetic Analysis

(2017) Seraina Klopfstein et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Disease reservoirs: from conceptual frameworks to applicable criteria

(2017) Luisa K Hallmaier-Wacker et al.   Emerging Microbes & Infections

Rabies

(2017) Anthony R. Fooks et al.   Nature Reviews Disease Primers

A biologist’s guide to Bayesian phylogenetic analysis

(2017) Fabrícia F. Nascimento et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Trophic position and dietary breadth of bats revealed by nitrogen isotopic composition of amino acids

(2017) Caitlin J. Campbell et al.   Scientific Reports

Global Patterns of Zoonotic Disease in Mammals

(2016) Barbara A. Han et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) origin and animal reservoir

(2016) Hamzah A. Mohd et al.   Virology Journal

Testing New Hypotheses Regarding Ebolavirus Reservoirs

(2016) Siv Leendertz   Viruses-Basel

“One Health” or Three? Publication Silos Among the One Health Disciplines

(2016) Kezia R. Manlove et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Assessing the Evidence Supporting Fruit Bats as the Primary Reservoirs for Ebola Viruses

(2015) Siv Aina J. Leendertz et al.   EcoHealth

Seroepidemiological Prevalence of Multiple Species of Filoviruses in Fruit Bats (Eidolon helvum) Migrating in Africa

(2015) Hirohito Ogawa et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The Alteration of Life History Traits and Increased Success ofHalipegus eccentricusThrough the Use of a Paratenic Host: A Comparative Study

(2015) Heather A. Stigge et al.   JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY

Sensitivity of bats to urbanization: a review

(2015) Danilo Russo et al.   MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY

Bats as ‘special’ reservoirs for emerging zoonotic pathogens

(2015) Cara E. Brook et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Rooting the Phylogenetic Tree of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus by Characterization of a Conspecific Virus from an African Bat

(2014) V. M. Corman et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Variability in Seroprevalence of Rabies Virus Neutralizing Antibodies and Associated Factors in a Colorado Population of Big Brown Bats (Eptesicus fuscus)

(2014) Thomas J. O’Shea et al.   PLoS One

Ecological dynamics of emerging bat virus spillover

(2014) R. K. Plowright et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Genomic surveillance elucidates Ebola virus origin and transmission during the 2014 outbreak

(2014) S. K. Gire et al.   SCIENCE

Effects of environmental change on zoonotic disease risk: an ecological primer

(2014) Agustín Estrada-Peña et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Filoviruses in Bats: Current Knowledge and Future Directions

(2014) Kevin Olival et al.   Viruses-Basel

The association between exaggeration in health related science news and academic press releases: retrospective observational study

(2014) P. Sumner et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Long-Term and Seasonal Dynamics of Dengue in Iquitos, Peru

(2014) Steven T. Stoddard et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Ecology, evolution and classification of bat coronaviruses in the aftermath of SARS

(2013) Jan Felix Drexler et al.   ANTIVIRAL RESEARCH

Q&A: What is a pathogen? A question that begs the point

(2013) Liise-anne Pirofski et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Deciphering Serology to Understand the Ecology of Infectious Diseases in Wildlife

(2013) Amy T. Gilbert et al.   EcoHealth

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) serology in major livestock species in an affected region in Jordan, June to September 2013

(2013) C Reusken et al.   Eurosurveillance

Viral antibody dynamics in a chiropteran host

(2013) Kate S. Baker et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Use of cross-reactive serological assays for detecting novel pathogens in wildlife: Assessing an appropriate cutoff for henipavirus assays in African bats

(2013) Alison J. Peel et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGICAL METHODS

Characterization of the Envelope Glycoprotein of a Novel Filovirus, Lloviu Virus

(2013) J. Maruyama et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus neutralising serum antibodies in dromedary camels: a comparative serological study

(2013) Chantal BEM Reusken et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The role of mutational robustness in RNA virus evolution

(2013) Adam S. Lauring et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Ecological Factors Associated with European Bat Lyssavirus Seroprevalence in Spanish Bats

(2013) Jordi Serra-Cobo et al.   PLoS One

Duration of Maternal Antibodies against Canine Distemper Virus and Hendra Virus in Pteropid Bats

(2013) Jonathan H. Epstein et al.   PLoS One

A Strategy To Estimate Unknown Viral Diversity in Mammals

(2013) S. J. Anthony et al.   mBio

Molecular phylogenetics: principles and practice

(2012) Ziheng Yang et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Isolation of a Novel Coronavirus from a Man with Pneumonia in Saudi Arabia

(2012) Ali M. Zaki et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

A framework for the study of zoonotic disease emergence and its drivers: spillover of bat pathogens as a case study

(2012) J. L. N. Wood et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Henipavirus Neutralising Antibodies in an Isolated Island Population of African Fruit Bats

(2012) Alison J. Peel et al.   PLoS One

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Interventions to Impede Date Palm Sap Contamination by Bats to Prevent Nipah Virus Transmission in Bangladesh

(2012) Salah Uddin Khan et al.   PLoS One

Serology and PCR for bovine leptospirosis: herd and individual approaches: Table 1

(2012) D. Y. Otaka et al.   VETERINARY RECORD

Serological evidence of ebolavirus infection in bats, China

(2012) Junfa Yuan et al.   Virology Journal

Genomic Characterization of a Newly Discovered Coronavirus Associated with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Humans

(2012) S. van Boheemen et al.   mBio

Bats host major mammalian paramyxoviruses

(2012) Jan Felix Drexler et al.   Nature Communications

Cedar Virus: A Novel Henipavirus Isolated from Australian Bats

(2012) Glenn A. Marsh et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Seasonal Pulses of Marburg Virus Circulation in Juvenile Rousettus aegyptiacus Bats Coincide with Periods of Increased Risk of Human Infection

(2012) Brian R. Amman et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Sensitivity of insectivorous bats to urbanization: Implications for suburban conservation planning

(2011) Caragh G. Threlfall et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Agricultural intensification, priming for persistence and the emergence of Nipah virus: a lethal bat-borne zoonosis

(2011) J. R. C. Pulliam et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Viral subversion of the host protein synthesis machinery

(2011) Derek Walsh et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Commerson's Leaf-Nosed Bat (Hipposideros commersoni) is the Likely Reservoir of Shimoni Bat Virus

(2011) Ivan V. Kuzmin et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Date Palm Sap Linked to Nipah Virus Outbreak in Bangladesh, 2008

(2011) Muhammad Aziz Rahman et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Maintenance, spillover and spillback transmission of bovine tuberculosis in multi-host wildlife complexes: A New Zealand case study

(2011) Graham Nugent   VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

SARS-CoV and emergent coronaviruses: viral determinants of interspecies transmission

(2011) Meagan Bolles et al.   Current Opinion in Virology

Long-Term Survival of an Urban Fruit Bat Seropositive for Ebola and Lagos Bat Viruses

(2010) David T. S. Hayman et al.   PLoS One

Shimoni bat virus, a new representative of the Lyssavirus genus

(2010) Ivan V. Kuzmin et al.   VIRUS RESEARCH

Large serological survey showing cocirculation of Ebola and Marburg viruses in Gabonese bat populations, and a high seroprevalence of both viruses in Rousettus aegyptiacus

(2009) Xavier Pourrut et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Parasite spillback: A neglected concept in invasion ecology?

(2009) D. W. Kelly et al.   ECOLOGY

Bat-Associated Leptospirosis

(2009) Neelam A. Vashi et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE

Why do larval helminths avoid the gut of intermediate hosts?

(2009) G.A. Parker et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Roost selection and home range of an African insectivorous bat Nycteris thebaica (Chiroptera, Nycteridae)

(2009) Ara Monadjem et al.   MAMMALIA

Bats as bushmeat: a global review

(2009) Simon Mickleburgh et al.   ORYX

Exploring reservoir dynamics: a case study of rabies in the Serengeti ecosystem

(2008) Tiziana Lembo et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Global trends in emerging infectious diseases

(2008) Kate E. Jones et al.   NATURE