NIH R01 · 2024
Beyond discovery: bat behavior and virus shedding as drivers of spillover risk
PROJECT SUMMARY The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the significance of emerging infectious diseases for human health and security. Bats have been associated with high-profile viral emergence events, including SARS-CoV-2 (the causative agent of COVID-19), ebolaviruses, and a variety of zoonotic and almost invariably lethal lyssaviruses. While much recent research has investigated virus diversity in bats, it is largely unknown how infection processes in bats and their behavior shape virus exposure risk for other species. Exposure is the obligatory first step for pathogen spillover and one of the strongest points for intervention in the process leading to the emergence of new human diseases.…
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