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. 2013 Aug 7;56(8):678–682. doi: 10.1007/s11427-013-4517-x

Emerging infectious diseases associated with bat viruses

ZhengLi Shi 1,✉
PMCID: PMC7088756  PMID: 23917838

Abstract

Bats play important roles as pollen disseminators and pest predators. However, recent interest has focused on their role as natural reservoirs of pathogens associated with emerging infectious diseases. Prior to the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), about 60 bat virus species had been reported. The number of identified bat viruses has dramatically increased since the initial SARS outbreak, and most are putative novel virus species or genotypes. Serious infectious diseases caused by previously identified bat viruses continue to emerge throughout in Asia, Australia, Africa and America. Intriguingly, bats infected by these different viruses seldom display clinical symptoms of illness. The pathogenesis and potential threat of bat-borne viruses to public health remains largely unknown. This review provides a brief overview of bat viruses associated with emerging human infectious diseases.

Keywords: emerging infectious disease, bat virus, natural reservoirs

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