The death of a horse from the Hendra virus in southeast Queensland, in what authorities say is the state’s first case of the disease since 2022, has raised alarm.

A recently conducted study, published in PLOS Pathogens have found at least 20 new viruses from bats that live near people in ...

Chinese scientists have raised concerns over 20 never-seen-before viruses found in the kidneys of bats mostly found in the ...

Letter Published: 03 September 1955 Relationships between the Flying Fox (Genus Pteropus) and Arthropod-borne Fevers of North Queensland J. L. O'CONNOR, L. C. ROWAN & J. J. LAWRENCE Nature 176 ...

The primary carriers of the Nipah virus are fruit bats of the Pteropodidae family, particularly those belonging to the Pteropus genus. Transmission to humans can occur through direct contact with ...

Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus). Image credit: shutterstock Grey-headed flying-foxes are typically found close to Australia’s ...

Fruit bats (genus Pteropus), also known as the flying fox, are considered the animal host reservoir for the Nipah virus. Infected bats can then spread the disease to other animals such as pigs and ...

Since late August the Indian state of Kerala is experiencing its fourth outbreak of the Nipah virus in five years. Nipah virus is a bat-borne virus discovered in 1999 that causes fever, vomiting, ...

This disease is said to spread through fruit bats or ‘flying foxes,’ of the genus Pteropus that are natural hosts of Nipah and Hendra viruses. The virus is found in bat urine, bat faeces ...