Some of the planet’s scariest, most lethal viruses find a natural refuge inside bats, including Ebola, rabies, Marburg and the SARS coronavirus. Many high-profile epidemics have been traced back ...

Species-Specific Evolution of Ebola Virus during Replication in Human and Bat Cells. Cell Reports , 2020; 32 (7): 108028 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108028 Cite This Page : ...

The researchers tested 169 bats, including fruit bats and a few from the species that lived in the tree. None tested positive for Ebola, but that doesn't disprove the hypothesis because experts ...

Ebola virus and bats have been waging a molecular battle for survival that may have started at least 25 million years ago, according to a study led by researchers at Albert Einstein College of ...

Scientists have discovered 20 new bat viruses in China, including strains related to Nipah and Hendra, raising global health ...

In March, Guinean officials banned the consumption of bat soup and grilled bats. According to the researchers, free-tailed bats are believed to have been linked to previous, smaller Ebola outbreaks.

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown species of Ebola virus, called Bombali virus, that's carried by at least two species of bats in Sierra Leone.This is the first Ebola virus species ...

Bats can carry more than 100 different viruses, including Ebola, rabies and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), without becoming sick themselves ...

The first patient to become infected with Ebola may have gotten it while playing in a hollowed-out tree that housed infected bats. Two-year-old Emile Ouamouno of Guinea got sick a year ago and died… ...

Many viruses have been linked to bats, as they are known disease carriers. The Ebola, Marburg, Nipah, and Hendra viruses […] ...

A new paper outlines five steps required for a virus to ‘spill over’ from bats to humans. But don’t just blame the bats—deforestation and hunting are to blame, too.

The fruit bat has long been suspected of sparking the ongoing Ebola epidemic in West Africa, but new research suggests that it may have been an insect-eating bat that first transmitted the virus ...