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Review
. 2013 Oct;9(10):e1003651.
doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003651. Epub 2013 Oct 31.

Bats and viruses: friend or foe?

James W Wynne  1 , Lin-Fa Wang
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Review

Bats and viruses: friend or foe?

James W Wynne et al. PLoS Pathog. 2013 Oct.
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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Bats are diverse, as are the viruses that infect them.
The Chinese horseshoe bat (A; Rhinolophus sinicus) is one of many Rhinolophus sp. that are a natural host of SARS-like coronaviruses (B; scale bar 100 nm). The spectacled flying fox (C; Pteropus conspicillatus) along with other Pteropus sp. are reservoirs for the Australian Bat lyssavirus (D; scale bar 100 nm). A number of African fruit bats including Hypsignathus monstrosus (E) have been found to host Ebola virus (F; Ebola Reston, scale bar 200 nm). The Malayan flying fox (G; Pteropus vampyrus) is the natural host of Nipah virus (H; scale bar 200 nm). All four pteropid Australian bat species including Pteropus alecto (I) have been found to carry Hendra virus (J; scale bar 200 nm).
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