Keyword

Pteropodidae

Description: Pteropodidae is a family of mammals comprising fruit bats, also known as flying foxes, found in tropical and subtropical regions.

Primary topic: Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (61%)

Wikidata ID: wiki/Q185230

OpenAlex ID: keywords/fruit-bats

Walker's Mammals of the World

1999 · Ronald Nowak · Johns Hopkins University Press eBooks · 4,099

Fruit bats as reservoirs of Ebola virus

2005 · Eric M. Leroy, Brice Kumulungui, et al. · Nature · 1,607

Molecular Evolution and Adaptive Radiation.

1998 · L. D. Gottlieb, Thomas J. Givnish, et al. · Systematic Botany · 916

A General Account of the Fauna and Flora of Mangrove Swamps and Forests in the Indo-West-Pacific Region

1969 · William Macnae · Advances in marine biology · 889

Human Ebola Outbreak Resulting from Direct Exposure to Fruit Bats in Luebo, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2007

2009 · Eric M. Leroy, Alain Epelboin, et al. · Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases · 563

Fig‐eating by vertebrate frugivores: a global review

2001 · MIKE SHANAHAN, SAMSON SO, et al. · Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 546

Foodborne Transmission of Nipah Virus, Bangladesh

2006 · Stephen Luby, Mahmudur Rahman, et al. · Emerging infectious diseases · 508

Nipah virus outbreak in Malaysia

2003 · Kaw Bing Chua · Journal of Clinical Virology · 505

SARS-CoV-2 in fruit bats, ferrets, pigs, and chickens: an experimental transmission study

2020 · Kore Schlottau, Melanie Rissmann, et al. · The Lancet Microbe · 477

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Nipah Virus Infection in Bats (Order Chiroptera) in Peninsular Malaysia

2001 · Johara Mohd Yob, Hume Field, et al. · Emerging infectious diseases · 467

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Seasonal Pulses of Marburg Virus Circulation in Juvenile Rousettus aegyptiacus Bats Coincide with Periods of Increased Risk of Human Infection

2012 · Brian R. Amman, Serena A. Carroll, et al. · PLoS Pathogens · 451

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Pteropid Bats are Confirmed as the Reservoir Hosts of Henipaviruses: A Comprehensive Experimental Study of Virus Transmission

2011 · Kim Halpin, Alex D. Hyatt, et al. · American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 451

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Investigating the zoonotic origin of the West African Ebola epidemic

2014 · Almudena Marí Saéz, Sabrina Weiss, et al. · EMBO Molecular Medicine · 444

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Recurrent Zoonotic Transmission of Nipah Virus into Humans, Bangladesh, 2001–2007

2009 · Stephen P. Luby, M. Jahangir Hossain, et al. · Emerging infectious diseases · 435

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Testing for Genetic Evidence of Population Expansion and Contraction: an Empirical Analysis of Microsatellite Dna Variation Using a Hierarchical Bayesian Model

2002 · Jay F. Storz, Mark A. Beaumont · Evolution · 410

Marburg Virus Infection Detected in a Common African Bat

2007 · Jonathan S. Towner, Xavier Pourrut, et al. · PLoS ONE · 407

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Experimental Inoculation of Plants and Animals with Ebola Virus

1996 · Robert Swanepoel, Patricia A. Leman, et al. · Emerging infectious diseases · 367

Old world fruit bats: an action plan for their conservation

1992 · Simon P. Mickleburgh, Anthony M. Hutson, et al. · IUCN eBooks · 367

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Flying Foxes (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae): Threatened Animals of Key Ecological and Economic Importance

1991 · MARTY S. FUJITA, MERLIN D. TUTTLE · Conservation Biology · 341

Nipah virus: epidemiology, pathology, immunobiology and advances in diagnosis, vaccine designing and control strategies – a comprehensive review

2019 · Raj Kumar Singh, Kuldeep Dhama, et al. · Veterinary Quarterly · 322

Bats as a continuing source of emerging infections in humans

2006 · Samson Wong, Susanna Lau, et al. · Reviews in Medical Virology · 321

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Outbreak of Henipavirus Infection, Philippines, 2014

2014 · Paola Katrina G. Ching, Vikki Carr de los Reyes, et al. · Emerging infectious diseases · 315

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Studies of Reservoir Hosts for Marburg Virus

2007 · Robert Swanepoel, Sheilagh B. Smit, et al. · Emerging infectious diseases · 306

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Reproduction and nutritional stress are risk factors for Hendra virus infection in little red flying foxes ( Pteropus scapulatus )

2008 · Raina K Plowright, Hume E Field, et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 303

Flying Foxes Cease to Function as Seed Dispersers Long Before They Become Rare

2006 · Kim R. McConkey, Donald R. Drake · Ecology · 292

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Citation count: 62,530