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Infectious Disease Update: Nipah Outbreak in Kerala, India

June 13, 2018 Natalia Ciesielska

  India’s southern state of Kerala was put under a lot of stress this past May with the most recent Nipah virus outbreak. The Nipah

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Spotlight on Bats: Nature’s Spooky Disease Reservoirs

October 31, 2013January 25, 2023 Katharine York

Picture a dark and foggy night. Tall, nearly leafless trees loom around you, and newly fallen leaves whirl around your feet. The silhouette of a

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Research & Policy

New Flu Virus Found in Bats

October 31, 2013January 25, 2023 Amy L. Sonricker Hansen

According to a new study published in the journal PLoS Pathogens, researchers have discovered a new flu virus in fruit bats from Peru. The new

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2011-2012: Year of the Bat

August 25, 2012January 25, 2023 Amy L. Sonricker Hansen

The year 2011-2012 has been declared the “Year of the Bat” by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species

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New Study Finds Rabies May Not Always Be Fatal

August 6, 2012January 25, 2023 Lauren Edmundson

A study published on August 1 in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene reported that rabies may not be fatal in all patients

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Scientists Find Evidence of Influenza in Bats

February 28, 2012January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

  Scientists, collecting yellow-shouldered bats from Guatemala for rabies research; discovered something completely unexpected: genetic traces of influenza A in the bats’ intestines. While the

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Fungus Behind Disease Decimating Bat Populations

October 28, 2011January 25, 2023 Amy L. Sonricker Hansen

Wednesday, Oct. 26 2011, Nature published a study providing the first direct evidence between the fungus Geomyces destructans and white-nose syndrome (WNS). The study was

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Lyssavirus in Melbourne, Victoria

July 18, 2011January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

Australian Bat Lyssavirus has been detected in a colony of fruit bats in Yarra Bend Park, which is in the Melbourne suburb of Kew.  Lyssavirus

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White-nose syndrome reaches Nova Scotia and spreads in the United States

April 19, 2011January 25, 2023 Amy L. Sonricker Hansen

A Hunts County, Nova Scotia bat has tested positive for white-nose syndrome. The finding makes Nova Scotia the 4th Canadian province to see signs of

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White Nose Syndrome Continues to Spread

February 11, 2011January 25, 2023 Amy L. Sonricker Hansen

Just one week after being discovered in Indiana, the deadly White Nose Syndrome (WNS) has been identified in bats located in an old Avery County

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