Susan Tsang

No, Aussie bats won’t give you COVID-19. We rely on them more than you think

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No, Aussie bats won’t give you COVID-19. We rely on them more than you think Justin Welbergen, CC BY-SA Pia Lentini, University of Melbourne; Alison Peel, Griffith University; Hume Field, The University of Queensland, and Justin Welbergen, Western Sydney University In this pandemic it’s tempting to look for someone, or something, to blame. Bats are …

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Human impacts and the spillover of zoonotic viruses

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Human impacts and the spillover of zoonotic viruses Contributed by most infectious diseases of humans emerge from animals. Examples such as influenza A virus stand out owing to their pronounced and lasting epidemiological consequences. However, the study of zoonotic pathogens in their animal hosts has only recently reached a point where large-scale comparative studies can help …

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Killing Bats Won’t Help Prevent Disease, But Here’s What Will

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Killing Bats Won’t Help Prevent Disease, But Here’s What Will Contributed by: Melissa Ingala & Ariadna Morales             Many people are under the impression that all bats carry diseases that could pose threats to humans. This concern has recently increased because a virus hosted by one bat species seems to be a distant relative of …

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What we know and don’t know about the origins of SARS-CoV2

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Rhinolophus affinis from Thailand. Photo by Charles Francis. Based on virus genome sequencing, bats have been mentioned in connection to the origin of SARS-CoV2 from the very beginning. This early picture then became more complicated as in depth-analyses revealed a key part of the viral genome that enables entry into host cells —the receptor binding domain …

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