| host and viral traits predict zoonotic spillover from mammals. | the majority of human emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic, with viruses that originate in wild mammals of particular concern (for example, hiv, ebola and sars). understanding patterns of viral diversity in wildlife and determinants of successful cross-species transmission, or spillover, are therefore key goals for pandemic surveillance programs. however, few analytical tools exist to identify which host species are likely to harbour the next human virus, or which viruses can cross species ... | 2017 | 28636590 |
| venezuelan encephalitis virus infection in neotropical bats. i. natural infection in a guatemalan enzootic focus. | a serological survey of 939 neotropical bats of 22 species from an enzootic focus of venezuelan encephalitis (ve) virus on the pacific lowlands of guatemala during 1971--1975 revealed ve virus specific antibodies in seven species, three belonging to the genus artibeus. ve virus was isolated from the blood of one uroderma bilobatum. antibody frequency was considerably lower in bats than in terrestrial mammals, and tended to vary within any given species from locality to locality and from year to ... | 1978 | 646021 |