id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-270803-jtv5jmkn Wang, Lin-Fa Mass extinctions, biodiversity and mitochondrial function: are bats ‘special’ as reservoirs for emerging viruses? 2011-11-09 .txt text/plain 5612 256 47 This has been due to a combination of factors including the emergence of highly virulent zoonotic pathogens, such as Hendra, Nipah, SARS and Ebola viruses, and the high rate of detection of a large number of previously unknown viral sequences in bat specimens. This has been due to a combination of factors including the emergence of highly virulent zoonotic pathogens, such as Hendra, Nipah, SARS and Ebola viruses, and the high rate of detection of a large number of previously unknown viral sequences in bat specimens. Bats (order Chiroptera), one of the most abundant, diverse and geographically dispersed vertebrates on earth, have recently been shown to be reservoir hosts of a number of emerging viruses responsible for severe disease outbreaks in humans and livestock [1 ,2,3]. ./cache/cord-270803-jtv5jmkn.txt ./txt/cord-270803-jtv5jmkn.txt