2016
The Role of Bats as Reservoir Hosts of Emerging Neuroviruses
Mackenzie J, Childs J, Field H, Wang L, Breed A. The Role of Bats as Reservoir Hosts of Emerging Neuroviruses. 2016, 403-454. PMCID: PMC7123318, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-33189-8_12.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAbility of batsReservoir hostsAnimal virus familiesRole of batsTransmission cycleOnly mammalsAlternative hostsEcological factorsHost virusesNew genusVirus familiesBroad diversityVirus dispersalBatsSpillover hostsFamily ParamyxoviridaeWide diversityDispersalNovel virusHostSt Louis encephalitis virusNipah virusDiversityGenetic factorsRecent studies
2008
The role of bats as reservoir hosts of emerging neurological viruses
MacKenzie J, Childs J, Field H, Wang L, Breed A. The role of bats as reservoir hosts of emerging neurological viruses. 2008, 382-406. DOI: 10.1017/cbo9780511541728.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOrder ChiropteraReservoir hostsMammalian species richnessRole of batsSpecies richnessMammalian speciesRelated lyssavirusesWorld fruitBatsHuman pathogensMenangle virusChiropteraZoonotic virusesWide distributionPotential pathogensHostBiological featuresAbundanceLike virusesSARS coronavirusPathogensVirusRichnessVirus transmissionSuborders
2004
Zoonotic viruses of wildlife: hither from yon
Childs J. Zoonotic viruses of wildlife: hither from yon. Archives Of Virology. Supplementa 2004, 1-11. PMID: 15119758, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-0572-6_1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsZoonotic virusesCross-species virus transmissionImportant zoonotic virusesCross-species transmissionSubsequent disease outbreaksWest Nile virusEvolutionary factorsVirus adaptationWildlife diseasesSpillover hostsVirus emergenceWildlife reservoir hostsRecent discoveryReservoir hostsNipah virusHostNile virusInter-species contactVirusDisease outbreaksVirus transmissionSpeciesWildlifeHendraEpidemic emergence
1998
Ecologic Studies of Rodent Reservoirs: Their Relevance for Human Health - Volume 4, Number 4—December 1998 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Mills J, Childs J. Ecologic Studies of Rodent Reservoirs: Their Relevance for Human Health - Volume 4, Number 4—December 1998 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 1998, 4: 529-537. PMID: 9866729, PMCID: PMC2640244, DOI: 10.3201/eid0404.980403.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1993
Ecology and Epidemiology of Arenaviruses and Their Hosts
Childs J, Peters C. Ecology and Epidemiology of Arenaviruses and Their Hosts. The Viruses 1993, 331-384. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-3028-2_19.Peer-Reviewed Original Research