Viruses Isolated from Bats and Their Importance as Emerging Infectious Diseases

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  • MAEDA Ken
    Laboratory of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University
  • MIZUTANI Tetsuya
    Research and Education Center for Prevention of Global Infectious Diseases of animals, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
  • TAGUCHI Fumihiro
    Laboratory of Virology and Virus Infections, Faculty of Veterinary medicine, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University

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  • コウモリ由来のウイルスとその感染症
  • コウモリ ユライ ノ ウイルス ト ソノ カンセンショウ

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Abstract

A number of viruses isolated from bats have been believed to be causative agents of the emerging infectious diseases in humans. This idea is supported by the facts that SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV)-like CoVs have been isolated from horseshoe bats and also the viruses isolated from pigs or horses infected by the Nipah virus or Hendra virus shed from fruit bats caused emerging diseases in humans From these observations, attempts have extensively been done to find the viruses from bats with newly established technology for isolation of the unidentified gene from animal tissues and specimen of infected animals. In this mini-review, we overview the importance of bats as natural hosts of viruses that cause human emerging diseases and also describe the recent isolation of a variety of viruses from bats.

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