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ANNUAL REVIEW OF VIROLOGY, VOL 3
Volume 3, Issue -, Pages 77-99Publisher
ANNUAL REVIEWS
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-virology-110615-042203
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Chiroptera; zoonoses; virus; host-pathogen interactions; cross-species transmission; virome
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Bats are hosts of a range of viruses, including ebolaviruses, and many important human viral infections, such as measles and mumps, may have their ancestry traced back to bats. Here, I review viruses of all viral families detected in global bat populations. The viral diversity in bats is substantial, and viruses with all known types of genomic structures and replication strategies have been discovered in bats. However, the discovery of viruses is not geographically even, with some apparently undersampled regions, such as South America. Furthermore, some bat families, including those with global or wide distributions such as Emballonuridae and Miniopteridae, are under-represented on viral databases. Future studies, including those that address these sampling gaps along with those that develop our understanding of viral-host relationships, are highlighted.
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