Applications of VirScan to broad serological profiling of bat reservoirs for emerging zoonoses.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Bats are important providers of ecosystem services such as pollination, seed dispersal, and insect control but also act as natural reservoirs for virulent zoonotic viruses. Bats host multiple viruses that cause life-threatening pathology in other animals and humans but, themselves, experience limited pathological disease from infection. Despite bats' importance as reservoirs for several zoonotic viruses, we know little about the broader viral diversity that they host. Bat virus surveillance efforts are challenged by difficulties of field capture and the limited scope of targeted PCR- or ELISA-based molecular and serological detection. Additionally, virus shedding is often transient, thus also limiting insights gained from nucleic acid testing of field specimens. Phage

SUBMITTER: Ruhs EC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10559906 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature