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Bats, viruses, emerging diseases and humans
This paper reviews the unique characteristics of bats, their important roles in providing ecosystem services, their viruses in relation to emerging diseases. Bats, as flying mammals, are the second largest order following rodents, with a wide variety (over 1400 identified species among 230 genera of 21 families in the world) due to their flying power and echolocation. Despite their importance a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature
سال: 1945
ISSN: 0028-0836,1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/155122a0