Questions tagged [bats]
Flying mammals of the order Chiroptera.
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Why are bats the source of dangerous coronavirus pandemics?
Why do coronaviruses come from bats?
I mean, why precisely coronaviruses and not (for instance) herpesviruses?
It looks like bats host more zoonotic viruses (per species) than rodents, although they ...
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How do bats survive their own coronaviruses?
How do bats survive their own coronaviruses (without showing any symptoms)?
Or, more generically, how can viruses keep reproducing inside healthy carriers without inducing any pathogenic effect?
Are ...