TITLE PAGE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- PREFACE -- 1 THE UNIQUENESS OF BATS -- 1.1 INTRODUCTION -- 1.2 FLIGHT -- 1.3 ECHOLOCATION -- 1.4 COMMUNICATION -- 1.5 FORAGING, DIET, AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES -- 1.6 HETEROTHERMY, DAILY TORPOR, AND HIBERNATION -- 1.7 REPRODUCTION -- 1.8 LIFE HISTORY STRATEGIES -- 1.9 ROOSTING ECOLOGY -- 1.10 MIGRATION -- 1.11 CLIMATE CHANGE -- 1.12 DISEASE-RELATED MORTALITY -- 1.13 CONSERVATION AND DISEASE SURVEILLANCE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- 2 VIRUSES IN BATS -- 2.1 INTRODUCTION -- 2.2 KNOWLEDGE OF BATS, BACKGROUND -- 2.3 EARLY, SOMEWHAT RANDOM BAT VIRUS DISCOVERIES -- 2.4 MORE RECENT BAT VIRUS DISCOVERIES -- 2.5 SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 3 BAT LYSSAVIRUSES -- 3.1 LYSSAVIRUS GENUS -- 3.2 PATHOBIOLOGY -- 3.3 SURVEILLANCE AND DIAGNOSIS -- 3.4 GENERAL BIOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS ON BAT RABIES -- 3.5 GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION OF BAT LYSSAVIRUSES -- 3.6 PUBLIC HEALTH AND VETERINARY SIGNIFICANCE OF BAT RABIES -- 3.7 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 4 BAT PARAMYXOVIRUSES -- 4.1 INTRODUCTION TO THE PARAMYXOVIRIDAE -- 4.2 BATS AS A MAJOR SOURCE OF NEW PARAMYXOVIRUSES -- 4.3 KNOWN BAT PARAMYXOVIRUSES -- 4.4 RISKS, CONTROL, AND PREVENTION -- 4.5 CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 5 BAT CORONAVIRUSES -- 5.1 INTRODUCTION -- 5.2 HUMAN DISEASES RELATED TO BAT CORONAVIRUSES -- 5.3 GENETIC DIVERSITY OF BAT CORONAVIRUSES -- 5.4 CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 6 BAT FILOVIRUSES -- 6.1 INTRODUCTION -- 6.2 MARBURGVIRUS OUTBREAKS -- 6.3 EBOLAVIRUS OUTBREAKS -- 6.4 FILOVIRUSES IN YINPTEROCHIROPTERAN BATS -- 6.5 FILOVIRUSES IN YANGOCHIROPTERA BATS -- 6.6 ECOLOGICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PATTERNS IN BATS -- 6.7 BAT FILOVIRUS CHARACTERIZATION -- 6.8 CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 7 BATS AND REVERSE TRANSCRIBING RNA AND DNA VIRUSES.

7.1 INTRODUCTION TO REVERSE TRANSCRIBING RNA AND DNA VIRUSES -- 7.2 ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES IN BATS -- 7.3 GAMMARETROVIRUSES IN BATS OF DIFFERENT SUBORDERS -- 7.4 BETARETROVIRUSES IN BATS OF DIFFERENT SUBORDERS -- 7.5 PATHOGENIC HEPADNAVIRUSES RELATED TO HBV IN BATS -- 7.6 BAT METAGENOMICS STUDIES -- 7.7 BATS AS POTENTIAL RESERVOIRS FOR RETROVIRAL AND HEPADNAVIRAL ZOONOSES -- 7.8 CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 8 BAT REOVIRUSES -- 8.1 INTRODUCTION -- 8.2 ORTHOREOVIRUSES OF BATS AND HUMANS -- 8.3 BAT ORBIVIRUSES -- 8.4 BAT ROTAVIRUSES -- 8.5 ZOONOTIC POTENTIAL OF BAT REOVIRUSES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 9 OTHER BAT-BORNE VIRUSES -- 9.1 INTRODUCTION -- 9.2 RNA VIRUSES -- 9.3 DNA VIRUSES -- 9.4 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 10 ANTHROPOGENIC EPIDEMICS -- 10.1 INTRODUCTION -- 10.2 THE BAT-HUMAN AND BAT-LIVESTOCK INTERFACE: THE IMPORTANCE OF DISEASE ECOLOGY -- 10.3 APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING THE ECOLOGY OF BAT-BORNE VIRUSES -- 10.4 ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES DRIVE ZOONOTIC DISEASE EMERGENCE FROM BATS -- 10.5 OUTBREAK MITIGATION: MANAGING THE INTERFACE -- 10.6 CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 11 ARE BATS REALLY "SPECIAL" AS VIRAL RESERVOIRS? WHAT WE KNOW AND NEED TO KNOW -- 11.1 INTRODUCTION -- 11.2 WHAT FACTORS MAY MAKE A HOST TAXON "SPECIAL" AS A VIRAL RESERVOIR? -- 11.3 FACTORS THAT MAY CONFOUND INVESTIGATIONS OF WHETHER OR NOT A TAXONOMIC GROUP IS "SPECIAL" -- 11.4 VIRAL DIVERSITY IN BATS COMPARED TO OTHER MAMMALIAN HOSTS -- 11.5 LIFE HISTORY TRAITS: ARE BATS UNIQUE? -- 11.6 DISTRIBUTION AND DIVERSITY OF BAT VIRUSES, AND WAYS TO TARGET FUTURE DISCOVERY EFFORTS -- 11.7 SUMMARY AND FUTURE RESEARCH -- REFERENCES -- 12 ANIMAL MODELS OF RECENTLY EMERGED BAT-BORNE VIRUSES -- 12.1 INTRODUCTION -- 12.2 SARS CORONAVIRUS -- 12.3 FILOVIRUSES -- 12.4 PARAMYXOVIRUSES -- 12.5 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 13 BAT GENOMICS.

13.1 INTRODUCTION -- 13.2 GENOMICS -- 13.3 TRANSCRIPTOMICS AND MicroRNAs -- 13.4 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 14 BAT IMMUNOLOGY -- 14.1 INTRODUCTION -- 14.2 IMMUNE TISSUES AND CELLS -- 14.3 INNATE IMMUNITY -- 14.4 ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY -- 14.5 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- SPECIES INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX -- END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT.