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No, Aussie bats won’t give you COVID-19. We rely on them more than you think
No, Aussie bats won’t give you COVID-19. We rely on them more than you think Justin Welbergen, CC BY-SA Pia Lentini, University of Melbourne; Alison Peel, Griffith University; Hume Field, The University of Queensland, and Justin Welbergen, Western Sydney University In this pandemic it’s tempting to look for someone, or …
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Human impacts and the spillover of zoonotic viruses
Human impacts and the spillover of zoonotic viruses Contributed by most infectious diseases of humans emerge from animals. Examples such as influenza A virus stand out owing to their pronounced and lasting epidemiological consequences. However, the study of zoonotic pathogens in their animal hosts has only recently reached a point where …
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The Truth About Bats, Revisited
Or 5 New Things About Bats We’ve Learned in the Past 5 Years Contributed by Amy Wray Back in 2014, I was super lucky to work with TED-Ed to create this animated video and interactive lesson on the truth about bats. But, since that was a while ago, lots of …
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Killing Bats Won’t Help Prevent Disease, But Here’s What Will
Killing Bats Won’t Help Prevent Disease, But Here’s What Will Contributed by: Melissa Ingala & Ariadna Morales Many people are under the impression that all bats carry diseases that could pose threats to humans. This concern has recently increased because a virus hosted by one bat species seems to …
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What we know and don’t know about the origins of SARS-CoV2
Rhinolophus affinis from Thailand. Photo by Charles Francis. Based on virus genome sequencing, bats have been mentioned in connection to the origin of SARS-CoV2 from the very beginning. This early picture then became more complicated as in depth-analyses revealed a key part of the viral genome that enables entry into host …
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