Bats and bat-borne diseases: a perspective on Australian megabats

The immune gene repertoire of an important viral reservoir, the Australian black flying fox

(2012) Anthony T Papenfuss et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Menangle virus, a pteropid bat paramyxovirus infectious for pigs and humans, exhibits tropism for secondary lymphoid organs and intestinal epithelium in weaned pigs

(2012) T. R. Bowden et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY

Evidence of bat origin for Menangle virus, a zoonotic paramyxovirus first isolated from diseased pigs

(2012) J. A. Barr et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY

Discovery of Retroviral Homologs in Bats: Implications for the Origin of Mammalian Gammaretroviruses

(2012) Jie Cui et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Long-Distance and Frequent Movements of the Flying-Fox Pteropus poliocephalus: Implications for Management

(2012) Billie J. Roberts et al.   PLoS One

Bats and Bacterial Pathogens: A Review

(2012) K. Mühldorfer   Zoonoses and Public Health

Antiviral Immune Responses of Bats: A Review

(2012) M. L. Baker et al.   Zoonoses and Public Health

Henipaviruses: An Updated Review Focusing on the Pteropid Reservoir and Features of Transmission

(2012) B. A. Clayton et al.   Zoonoses and Public Health

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

Pteropid Bats are Confirmed as the Reservoir Hosts of Henipaviruses: A Comprehensive Experimental Study of Virus Transmission

(2011) Kim Halpin et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Molecular characterisation of RIG-I-like helicases in the black flying fox, Pteropus alecto

(2011) Christopher Cowled et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Cloning, expression and antiviral activity of IFNγ from the Australian fruit bat, Pteropus alecto

(2011) Vijaya Janardhana et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Evolutionary relationship of the L- and M-class genome segments of bat-borne fusogenic orthoreoviruses in Malaysia and Australia

(2011) K. Voon et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY

Type III IFNs in Pteropid Bats: Differential Expression Patterns Provide Evidence for Distinct Roles in Antiviral Immunity

(2011) P. Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Type III IFN Receptor Expression and Functional Characterisation in the Pteropid Bat, Pteropus alecto

(2011) Peng Zhou et al.   PLoS One

Urban habituation, ecological connectivity and epidemic dampening: the emergence of Hendra virus from flying foxes (Pteropus spp.)

(2011) R. K. Plowright et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Rapid Range Shifts of Species Associated with High Levels of Climate Warming

(2011) I.-C. Chen et al.   SCIENCE

Mass extinctions, biodiversity and mitochondrial function: are bats ‘special’ as reservoirs for emerging viruses?

(2011) Lin-Fa Wang et al.   Current Opinion in Virology

Infection with Menangle virus in flying foxes (Pteropus spp.) in Australia

(2010) AW Philbey et al.   AUSTRALIAN VETERINARY JOURNAL

Molecular characterisation of Toll-like receptors in the black flying fox Pteropus alecto

(2010) Christopher Cowled et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Immunoglobulin heavy chain diversity in Pteropid bats: evidence for a diverse and highly specific antigen binding repertoire

(2010) Michelle L. Baker et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Broome virus, a new fusogenic Orthoreovirus species isolated from an Australian fruit bat

(2010) Claudia M. Thalmann et al.   VIROLOGY

Bats and birds: Exceptional longevity despite high metabolic rates

(2009) Jason Munshi-South et al.   AGEING RESEARCH REVIEWS

Establishment, Immortalisation and Characterisation of Pteropid Bat Cell Lines

(2009) Gary Crameri et al.   PLoS One

Human Ebola Outbreak Resulting from Direct Exposure to Fruit Bats in Luebo, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2007

(2009) Eric M. Leroy et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Bats and viruses: a brief review

(2009) Lin-Fa Wang   VIROLOGICA SINICA

Causal inference in disease ecology: investigating ecological drivers of disease emergence

(2008) Raina K Plowright et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Global trends in emerging infectious diseases

(2008) Kate E. Jones et al.   NATURE

Reproduction and nutritional stress are risk factors for Hendra virus infection in little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus)

(2008) R. K Plowright et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES