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On the Evolution of Virulent Zoonotic Viruses in Bats

Biological Theory, ISSN: 1555-5550, Vol: 15, Issue: 4, Page: 223-225
2020
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Zoonosis and Bats: Evolution of Virulence and Disease Outbreaks

Ankita Sahu1, Vinit Singh Baghel2* 1 NEERI, Jal Nigam, District Laboratory Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh. 2 Department of Biotechnology, Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. * Corresponding

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Ideas formulated by Paul Ewald about the “evolution of virulence” are used to explain why bats, more often than other mammals, are a reservoir of virulent viruses, and why many of these viruses severely affect other mammals, including humans, but are apparently less pathogenic for bats. Potential factors contributing to bat viruses often being zoonotic are briefly discussed.

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