Bats possess a unique, preactivated innate immune defense that stops viruses from fully replicating, even after cell entry.

Researchers in Bangladesh have identified a bat-borne virus, Pteropine orthoreovirus, in patients who were initially suspected of having Nipah virus but tested negative. All had recently consumed raw ...

It just takes one, and so far that’s what scientists investigating the Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak have found — a bat infected with the identical virus that was isolated from human ...

Last week, Queensland Health alerted the public about the risk of Australian bat lyssavirus, after a bat found near a school just north of Brisbane was given to a wildlife carer group. The bat later ...

While studying predators visiting Python Cave, home to bats confirmed to have Marburg virus, scientists observed hundreds of visitors — including kids — visiting without protection Bonnie Jo Mount/The ...