| detection of virus-related sequences associated with potential etiologies of hepatitis in liver tissue samples from rats, mice, shrews, and bats. | hepatitis is a major global health concern. however, the etiology of 10-20% hepatitis cases remains unclear. some hepatitis-associated viruses, like the hepatitis e virus, are zoonotic pathogens. rats, shrews, and bats are reservoirs for many zoonotic pathogens. therefore, understanding the virome in the liver of these animals is important for the investigation of the etiologies of hepatitis and monitoring the emerging zoonotic viruses. in this study, viral metagenomics and pcr methods were used ... | 2021 | 34177835 |
| nipah virus in lyle's flying foxes, cambodia. | we conducted a survey in cambodia in 2000 on henipavirus infection among several bat species, including flying foxes, and persons exposed to these animals. among 1,072 bat serum samples tested by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, antibodies reactive to nipah virus (niv) antigen were detected only in pteropus lylei species; cynopterus sphinx, hipposideros larvatus, scotophilus kuhlii, chaerephon plicata, taphozous melanopogon, and t. theobaldi species were negative. seroneutralization applied on ... | 2005 | 16022778 |
| prevalence and genetic characterization of toxoplasma gondii infection in bats in southern china. | toxoplasma gondii can infect a wide variety of warm-blooded animals, including bats. limited information on t. gondii infection in bats is available in china. the objective of the present study was to determine prevalence and genetic diversity of t. gondii infection in bats in southern china. a total of 608 bats representing 12 species, including 120 aselliscus stoliczkanus, 59 myotis chinensis, 11 miniopterus schreibersii, 53 rhinolophus affinis, 32 rhinolophus pusillus, 81 hipposideros armiger ... | 2014 | 24813744 |
| karyotype evolution in rhinolophus bats (rhinolophidae, chiroptera) illuminated by cross-species chromosome painting and g-banding comparison. | rhinolophus (rhinolophidae) is the second most speciose genus in chiroptera and has extensively diversified diploid chromosome numbers (from 2n = 28 to 62). in spite of many attempts to explore the karyotypic evolution of this genus, most studies have been based on conventional giemsa staining rather than g-banding. here we have made a whole set of chromosome-specific painting probes from flow-sorted chromosomes of aselliscus stoliczkanus (hipposideridae). these probes have been utilized to esta ... | 2007 | 17899409 |
| karyotypic evolution and phylogenetic relationships in the order chiroptera as revealed by g-banding comparison and chromosome painting. | bats are a unique but enigmatic group of mammals and have a world-wide distribution. the phylogenetic relationships of extant bats are far from being resolved. here, we investigated the karyotypic relationships of representative species from four families of the order chiroptera by comparative chromosome painting and banding. a complete set of painting probes derived from flow-sorted chromosomes of myotis myotis (family vespertilionidae) were hybridized onto metaphases of cynopterus sphinx (2n = ... | 2007 | 17310301 |
| insectivorous bat reproduction and human cave visitation in cambodia: a perfect conservation storm? | cave roosting bats represent an important component of southeast asian bat diversity and are vulnerable to human disturbance during critical reproductive periods (pregnancy, lactation and weaning). because dramatic growth of cave tourism in recent decades has raised concerns about impacts on cave bats in the region, we assessed the reproductive phenology of two insectivorous species (hipposideros larvatus sensu lato and taphozous melanopogon) at three caves in cambodia for 23 months in 2014-2016 ... | 2018 | 29709036 |
| durettenema guangdongense gen. et sp. nov. (nematoda: molineoidea) from hipposideros larvatus (horsfield) (chiroptera: rhinolophidae) with discussion of the taxonomic status of macielia rhinolophi yin, 1980. | durettenema guangdongense gen. et sp. nov. is described from hipposideros larvatus (horsfield) (chiroptera: rhinolophidae) in guangdong province, china. the new genus differs from the other genera of subfamily molineinae in the structure of the synlophe, the absence of lateral alae, the arrangement of the bursa rays, the shape of the spicules, the female tail and the presence of gubernaculum. meanwhile, considering the morphological characters of macielia rhinolophi yin, 1980, including the patt ... | 2017 | 28682762 |
| counting in the dark: non-intrusive laser scanning for population counting and identifying roosting bats. | population surveys and species recognition for roosting bats are either based on capture, sight or optical-mechanical count methods. however, these methods are intrusive, are tedious and, at best, provide only statistical estimations. here, we demonstrated the successful use of a terrestrial light detection and ranging (lidar) laser scanner for remotely identifying and determining the exact population of roosting bats in caves. lidar accurately captured the 3d features of the roosting bats and t ... | 2012 | 22826802 |
| new locality records of ixodes granulatus and ixodes vespertilionis (acari: ixodidae) from tree-shrews (scandentia: tupaiidae) and bats (chiroptera: hipposideridae) in laos. | between may and june 2015, 512 bats, six rodents, and six tree-shrews were examined for ectoparasites in vientiane and khammouane provinces, laos. thirty-seven ticks (33 females and four males) identified as ixodes granulatus supino were collected from four individuals of the northern tree-shrew, tupaia belangeri (wagner) (scandentia:tupaiidae), and one female of ixodes vespertilionis koch was collected from one individual of the intermediate leaf-nosed bat, hipposideros larvatus (horsfield) (ch ... | 2018 | 29897563 |
| 'compromise' in echolocation calls between different colonies of the intermediate leaf-nosed bat (hipposideros larvatus). | each animal population has its own acoustic signature which facilitates identification, communication and reproduction. the sonar signals of bats can convey social information, such as species identity and contextual information. the goal of this study was to determine whether bats adjust their echolocation call structures to mutually recognize and communicate when they encounter the bats from different colonies. we used the intermediate leaf-nosed bats (hipposideros larvatus) as a case study to ... | 2016 | 27029005 |
| microclimate and physiological effects in the roosts of cave dwelling bats: implications in roost selection and conservation in sarawak, malaysian borneo. | bats play crucial ecological and economic roles. however, this group of mammals is largely threatened due to anthropogenic activities inside or around their caves. in the present study, we investigate the effects of cave microclimate and physiological parameters on bat roost preference in fairy cave nature reserve (fairy cave nr). the microclimate and physiological parameters including temperature (°c), relative humidity (rh), light intensity (lux), air flow, passage dimension (m), roost height ... | 2018 | 30520355 |
| first molecular investigation of haemosporidian parasites in thai bat species. | malaria parasites in the phylum apicomplexa (order: haemosporida) infect diverse vertebrates and invertebrate hosts. at least seven genera of haemosporidian parasites have been described to exclusively infect bats. most of these parasites remain enigmatic with a poorly known host range. here, we investigated 271 bats belonging to 21 species and seven families from six provinces of thailand. overall, 124 out of 271 bats (45.8%) were positive for haemosporidian parasites, while none had plasmodium ... | 2020 | 32904325 |
| sars-coronavirus ancestor's foot-prints in south-east asian bat colonies and the refuge theory. | one of the great challenges in the ecology of infectious diseases is to understand what drives the emergence of new pathogens including the relationship between viruses and their hosts. in the case of the emergence of severeacute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (sars-cov), several studies have shown coronavirus diversity in bats as well as the existence of sars-cov infection in apparently healthy bats, suggesting that bats may be a crucial host in the genesis of this disease. to elucidate the b ... | 2011 | 21763784 |
| [new haemoproteidae parasites of chiroptera in thailand]. | hipposideros larvatus of thailand are parasitized by two new haemosporidia : a) nycteria brucechwatti n. sp. can be differentiated from all other nycteria species by the schizonts which are the largest in the genus and by the absence of accessory chromatin dots in the gametocytes; biguetiella minuta n. g. n. sp. has very small intra-hepatocytic schizonts (less than 15 micron) and gametocytes of the "falciparum" type. these two species are considered as vicariant forms of parasites of miniopterus ... | 1984 | 6439099 |
| molecular detection and sequence characterization of diverse rhabdoviruses in bats, china. | the rhabdoviridae is among the most diverse families of rna viruses and currently classified into 18 genera with some rhabdoviruses lethal to humans and other animals. herein, we describe genetic characterization of three novel rhabdoviruses from bats in china. of these, two viruses (jinghong bat virus and benxi bat virus) found in rhinolophus bats showed a phylogenetic relationship with vesiculoviruses, and sequence analyses indicate that they represent two new species within the genus vesiculo ... | 2018 | 29196194 |