SARS-CoV-2 is just one strain of a group of respiratory viruses, known as sarbecoviruses, that are mainly hosted by horseshoe ...

The infected bat no longer poses a threat to the public, but the Genesee County Health Department is urging residents to take precautions against potential rabies exposures.

Bats are known as natural hosts for highly pathogenic viruses such as MERS- and SARS-related coronaviruses, as well as the ...

Bats are known as natural hosts for highly pathogenic viruses such as MERS- and SARS-related coronaviruses, as well as the Marburg and Nipah viruses. In contrast to the severe and often fatal disease ...

Scientists trace how the virus behind COVID-19 traveled over 2,000 kilometers from bats in Western China to Wuhan.

That's not enough time for the evolving virus to have been carried there via the natural dispersal of its primary host, the horseshoe bat. This has led the researchers to conclude that it instead ...

Researchers were able to test how viruses replicate differently across various bat species and organs using the new organoid ...

While the virus has the potential to infect humans, no real-world cases have been identified, and it does not enter human ...

More than 75% of new infectious diseases affecting humans originally come from animals. Bats, in particular, are natural ...

This means that the virus traveled up to 2,700 kilometers (1,678 miles) in a pretty short time – too fast for it to be accounted for by natural dispersal via its primary hosts, horseshoe bats.

Rabies, a fatal virus if left untreated, is transmitted through saliva and neural tissue, primarily through bites from infected animals. Common rabies carriers include raccoons, bats, skunks, and ...