Bats as 'special' reservoirs for emerging zoonotic pathogens. Issue 3 (March 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Brook, Cara E.; Dobson, Andrew P.
• Is Part Of: Trends in microbiology. Volume 23:Issue 3(2015)
• Page Start: 172
• Page End: 180
• Publication Date: 2015-03
• Subjects: Microbiology -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; Virulence (Microbiology) -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; Microbiology -- Periodicals; Virulence -- Periodicals; Microbiologie -- Périodiques; Infection -- Périodiques; Virulence (Microbiologie) -- Périodiques; Infection; Microbiology; Virulence (Microbiology); 579
• DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2014.12.004
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0966-842X

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0005"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0005">Bats experience morbidity to many extracellular but few intracellular infections.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0010">Bats control intracellular pathogens via cellular pathways to apoptosis/autophagy.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0015">These ROS mitigation pathways promote longevity and tumor avoidance.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0020"> <label></label> <p id="par0020">Extracellular pathogen-associated morbidity in bats results from immunopathology.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>