Tick-borne viruses and their risk to public health in the Caribbean: Spotlight on bats as reservoirs in Cuba

MP Antúnez, JCM Montesinos, A Corduneanu… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
In recent decades, tick-borne diseases (TBDs) have surged and expanded globally due to
factors like changes in human activities, land use patterns, and climate change, and it have …

Detection of bacterial and protozoan pathogens in individual bats and their ectoparasites using high-throughput microfluidic real-time PCR

A Corduneanu, Z Zając, J Kulisz, A Wozniak… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Among the most studied mammals in terms of their role in the spread of various pathogens
with possible zoonotic effects are bats. These are animals with a very complex lifestyle, diet …

[PDF][PDF] Current Research in Parasitology & Vector-Borne Diseases

B Coelho, DAB Lee, LF das Neves… - Current Research in …, 2024 - researchgate.net
ABSTRACT Although bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) act as natural reservoirs for many
zoonotic pathogens around the world, few studies have investigated the occurrence of …

[HTML][HTML] Attempted Transmission of Marburg Virus by Bat-Associated Fleas Thaumapsylla breviceps breviceps (Ischnopsyllidae: Thaumapsyllinae) to the Egyptian Rousette Bat …

JT Pawęska, N Storm, P Jansen van Vuren… - Viruses, 2024 - mdpi.com
Egyptian rousette bats (ERBs) are implicated as reservoir hosts for Marburg virus (MARV),
but natural mechanisms involved in maintenance of MARV in ERB populations remain …

Viromes of arthropod parasites and their hosts: the case of bats and bat ectoparasites

A Tendu, R Li, Y Kane, B Nalikka, V Omondi… - Acta Tropica, 2024 - Elsevier
Blood feeding ectoparasites of bats have been found to contain insect-specific and
vertebrate-infecting viruses of agricultural and medical importance. While it is plausible that …

[HTML][HTML] Diversity of Ehrlichia spp., Anaplasma spp. and Neorickettsia spp. in vampire bats

VVC de Mello, LB de Oliveira, TFSB Coelho… - Current Research in …, 2024 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT Although bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) act as natural reservoirs for many
zoonotic pathogens around the world, few studies have investigated the occurrence of …

Diversity of Flea Species (Siphonaptera) and Their Vector-Borne Pathogens from Bats (Chiroptera) in Lithuania

P Sakalauskas, I Lipatova, L Griciuvienė, I Ražanskė… - Diversity, 2024 - mdpi.com
Bat fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera: Ischnopsyllidae) are highly host-specific ectoparasites
distributed worldwide (except Antarctica). The identification of flea species and the detection …

New Report: An Overview of Bats Bacteria And Its Implication For Tourism In KEK Mandalika, Lombok Island West Nusa Tenggara-Indonesia

SR Fajri, S Armiani, A Sukri, I Maryanto… - … Series: Earth and …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Bats play an important role in the survival of the ecosystem, however, bats are also
becoming reservoirs and vectors in the transmission of some human diseases. There are …