Bats and viruses : a new frontier of emerging infectious diseases /

• Other Authors: Wang, Lin-fa (Editor), Cowled, Christopher (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley-Blackwell, 2015.
• Subjects: Bats as carriers of disease.; MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.; MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.; MEDICAL > Public Health.; Electronic books.

Approximately 75% of emerging infectious diseases are zoonoses, and the rate of emergence of zoonotic diseases is on the rise. Bats are being increasingly recognised as an important reservoir of zoonotic viruses of different families, including SARS coronavirus, Nipah virus, Hendra virus and Ebola v...