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| Title |
Bat Flight and Zoonotic Viruses - Volume 20, Number 5—May 2014 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
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| Published in |
Emerging Infectious Diseases, May 2014
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| DOI | 10.3201/eid2005.130539 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Thomas J. O’Shea, Paul M. Cryan, Andrew A. Cunningham, Anthony R. Fooks, David T.S. Hayman, Angela D. Luis, Alison J. Peel, Raina K. Plowright, James L.N. Wood |
| Abstract |
Bats are sources of high viral diversity and high-profile zoonotic viruses worldwide. Although apparently not pathogenic in their reservoir hosts, some viruses from bats severely affect other mammals, including humans. Examples include severe acute respiratory syndrome coronaviruses, Ebola and Marburg viruses, and Nipah and Hendra viruses. Factors underlying high viral diversity in bats are the subject of speculation. We hypothesize that flight, a factor common to all bats but to no other mammals, provides an intensive selective force for coexistence with viral parasites through a daily cycle that elevates metabolism and body temperature analogous to the febrile response in other mammals. On an evolutionary scale, this host-virus interaction might have resulted in the large diversity of zoonotic viruses in bats, possibly through bat viruses adapting to be more tolerant of the fever response and less virulent to their natural hosts. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 133 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 35 | 26% |
| United Kingdom | 7 | 5% |
| Spain | 6 | 5% |
| Romania | 4 | 3% |
| Canada | 3 | 2% |
| Australia | 3 | 2% |
| Croatia | 2 | 2% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 2% |
| Kenya | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 14 | 11% |
| Unknown | 56 | 42% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 87 | 65% |
| Scientists | 25 | 19% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 13 | 10% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 7 | 5% |
| Unknown | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 639 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | <1% |
| Mexico | 3 | <1% |
| France | 2 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| China | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 617 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 115 | 18% |
| Researcher | 97 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 95 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 81 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 32 | 5% |
| Other | 113 | 18% |
| Unknown | 106 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 197 | 31% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 64 | 10% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 50 | 8% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 47 | 7% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 45 | 7% |
| Other | 100 | 16% |
| Unknown | 136 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 741. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 April 2024.
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#27,316
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Outputs from Emerging Infectious Diseases
#95
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#138
of 242,985 outputs
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#1
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