Bat-borne virus
A bat-borne virus is a virus that is transmitted through bats. Bats are vectors for these viruses, they transmit them either through their saliva, or through their feces. Known examples of bat-borne viruses are the coronaviruses (such as those causing SARS and MERS), the Ebola virus, and some forms of rabies. Many bats live in groups, which remain close to each other for a long time. It is believed that this habit helps the spread of infections. Because of their ability to fly, bats also spread the viruses in a larger area than rodents do.
Bat-borne Virus Media
A scientist swabs the muzzle of a tricolored bat in a cave in Tennessee
A biologist holding a bat at an emerging infectious diseases training event in Panama
Middle East respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus electron micrograph
The flavivirus West Nile virus
The Egyptian fruit bat, a known natural reservoir of Marburg virus and Ravn virus, which cause Marburg virus disease
A common vampire bat (C) and wounds from its bites on a human scalp (A and B) and a cow leg (D)
An injury from the bite of a big brown bat
The circulation of influenza A viruses. Influenza A viruses in bats possibly originated in birds.
Date palm sap collection, a primary exposure route for Nipah virus
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