title: Biological characters of bats in relation to natural reservoir of emerging viruses.
abstract: Many investigators focused on bats (Chiroptera) for their specific character, i.e. echolocation system, phylogenic tree, food practice and unique reproduction. However, most of basic information about the vital functions related to anti-viral activity has been unclear. For evaluating some animals as a natural reservoir or host of infectious pathogens, it is necessary that not only their immune system but also their biology, the environment of their living, food habits and physiological features should be clarified and they should be analyzed from these multi-view points. The majority of current studies on infectious diseases have been conducted for the elucidation of viral virulence using experimental animals or viral gene function in vitro, but in a few case, researchers focused on wild animal itself. In this paper, we described basic information about bats as follows; genetic background, character of the immunological factors, histological character of immune organs, the physiological function and sensitivity of bat cells to viral infection.
authors: Department of Biomedical Science, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan. aa37157@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp
authors: Tsutomu
authors: T
authors: Omatsu
authors: Shumpei
authors: S
authors: Watanabe
authors: Hiroomi
authors: H
authors: Akashi
authors: Yasuhiro
authors: Y
authors: Yoshikawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology* / Q000821:virology*; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000821:virology*; D000939:Epitopes; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D010802:Phylogeny; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000635:transmission*
chemical_list: D000939:Epitopes; D007074:Immunoglobulin G
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