Abstract Human Coronaviruses (HCoV), periodically emerging across the world, are
potential threat to humans such as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS …

Most viral pathogens in humans have animal origins and arose through cross-species
transmission. Over the past 50 years, several viruses, including Ebola virus, Marburg virus …

A robust serological test to detect neutralizing antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 is urgently needed
to determine not only the infection rate, herd immunity and predicted humoral protection, but …

This urgent and eye-opening book makes the case that protecting humanity's future is the
central challenge of our time. If all goes well, human history is just beginning. Our species …

Pangolins are endangered animals in urgent need of protection. Identifying and cataloguing
the viruses carried by pangolins is a logical approach to evaluate the range of potential …

Nipah virus (NiV) is an emerging bat-borne zoonotic virus that causes near-annual
outbreaks of fatal encephalitis in South Asia—one of the most populous regions on Earth. In …

Zoonotic spillover, which is the transmission of a pathogen from a vertebrate animal to a
human, presents a global public health burden but is a poorly understood phenomenon …

Emerging viruses have the potential to impose substantial mortality, morbidity and economic
burdens on human populations. Tracking the spread of infectious diseases to assist in their …

Bats are a unique group of mammals of the order Chiroptera. They are highly diversified and
are the group of mammals with the second largest number of species. Such highly …

Here we describe the complete genome of a new ebolavirus, Bombali virus (BOMV)
detected in free-tailed bats in Sierra Leone (little free-tailed (Chaerephon pumilus) and …