Emerging infectious diseases, especially if caused by bat-borne viruses, significantly affect
public health and the global economy. There is an urgent need to understand the …

SARS-coronavirus 2 is the causal agent of the COVID-19 outbreak. SARS-Cov-2 entry into a
cell is dependent upon binding of the viral spike (S) protein to cellular receptor and on …

Bats host virulent zoonotic viruses without experiencing disease. A mechanistic
understanding of the impact of bats' virus hosting capacities, including uniquely constitutive …

Several examples of high-impact cross-species transmission of newly emerging or re-
emerging bat-borne viruses, such as Sudan virus, Nipah virus, and severe acute respiratory …

Differences in host angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) genes may affect the host
range of SARS-CoV-2-related coronaviruses (SC2r-CoVs) and further determine the tropism …

We explore how animal host traits, phylogenetic identity and cell receptor sequences relate
to infection status and mortality from ebolaviruses. We gathered exhaustive databases of …

Bats serve as natural hosts of Pteropine orthoreovirus (PRV), an emerging group of bat-
borne, zoonotic viruses. Bats appear to possess unique innate immune system responses …

Evidence suggests that bats are important hosts of filoviruses, yet the specific species
involved remain largely unidentified. Niemann-Pick C1 (NPC1) is an essential entry …

Bats are associated with the circulation of most mammalian filoviruses (FiVs), with
pathogenic ones frequently causing deadly hemorrhagic fevers in Africa. Divergent FiVs …

Anthropogenic land use change facilitates disease emergence by altering the interface
between humans and pathogen reservoirs and is hypothesized to drive pathogen evolution …