Luis, AD;
O'Shea, TJ;
Hayman, DTS;
Wood, JLN;
Cunningham, AA;
Gilbert, AT;
Mills, JN;
(2015)
Network Analysis of Host-Virus Communities in Bats and Rodents Reveals Determinants of Cross-Species Transmission.
Ecology Letters
, 18
(11)
pp. 1153-1162.
10.1111/ele.12491.
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Abstract
Bats are natural reservoirs of several important emerging viruses. Cross-species transmission appears to be quite common among bats, which may contribute to their unique reservoir potential. Therefore, understanding the importance of bats as reservoirs requires examining them in a community context rather than concentrating on individual species. Here, we use a network approach to identify ecological and biological correlates of cross-species virus transmission in bats and rodents, another important host group. We show that given our current knowledge the bat viral sharing network is more connected than the rodent network, suggesting viruses may pass more easily between bat species. We identify host traits associated with important reservoir species: gregarious bats are more likely to share more viruses and bats which migrate regionally are important for spreading viruses through the network. We identify multiple communities of viral sharing within bats and rodents and highlight potential species traits that can help guide studies of novel pathogen emergence.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Network Analysis of Host-Virus Communities in Bats and Rodents Reveals Determinants of Cross-Species Transmission |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/ele.12491 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.12491 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2015 The Authors. Ecology Letters published by CNRS and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. |
| Keywords: | Chiroptera, ecological networks, emerging infectious disease, Rodentia, zoonoses |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Genetics, Evolution and Environment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1470464 |
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