Bat genomes are characterised by an A-T richness and by a small C-value compared with other mammalian groups. It has been suggested that the small C-value is mainly due to the lack of repetitive DNA ...

KOZHIKODE: Prof. Stephen Luby, the Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases & Geographic Medicine) at Stanford University in the United States, has said Pteropus genus fruit bat hosts the Nipah ...

Nipah virus (NiV) is a highly contagious and deadly virus. It is a zoonotic virus, meaning that it can be transmitted from animals to humans. Fruit bats, sometimes referred to as flying foxes (genus ...

One of the world’s least-known flying foxes could face extinction by rising seas and changing precipitation patterns due to global warming, according to a new study in Zookeys. The research, headed by ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Director of the Postgraduate Program at YARSI University, Indonesia, Tjandra Yoga Aditama, discussed the emergence of the Nipah virus, which has been spreading in South and ...

Nipah Virus in India: A cross-sectional survey was conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)- National Institute of Virology to study the prevalence of Nipah Virus (NiV) in bats.

Flying Fox: Fruit bats belonging to the genus Pteropus, known for their large size and distinct characteristics. Flying snakes: These snakes are found in Western India and the islands of Indonesia, ...