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Wuhan scientists were studying Laos bat viral samples before pandemic: Report
World | November 23, 2021 11:03 ISTThe new evidence gathered from the US government documents under Freedom of Information backs the theory that Covid-19 emerged from bats and that the SARS-CoV-2 virus escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) in China, the Daily Mail reported.
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Samples of bats from Kozhikode shows Nipah antibody
India | September 29, 2021 16:45 ISTKerala Health Minister Veena George said the results of the samples collected form bats from the area where the boy lived have shown the presence of antibodies of Nipah.
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Research team locates 24 bat coronaviruses in southwestern China
Science | March 15, 2021 7:40 ISTBat-hunting scientists, particularly those in China, have come under fire since the emergence of COVID-19, which is believed to have originated from the animals.
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Coronavirus jumped from bats to humans with 'very little change', say scientists
Science | March 14, 2021 16:43 ISTThe progenitor of the novel coronavirus underwent "very little change" to adapt to humans from bats, according to a new study which suggests that the ability of the virus to spread from one person to another likely evolved in the flying mammal prior to it jumping to its new human host.
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Scientists focus on bats for clues to prevent next pandemic
World | January 06, 2021 17:12 ISTNight began to fall in Rio de Janeiro’s Pedra Branca state park as four Brazilian scientists switched on their flashlights to traipse along a narrow trail of mud through dense rainforest. The researchers were on a mission: capture bats and help prevent the next global pandemic.
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Scientists focus on bats for clues to prevent next pandemic
Science | December 14, 2020 12:48 ISTA 2019 study found that of viruses originating from the five most common mammalian sources — primates, rodents, carnivores, ungulates and bats — those from bats are the most virulent in humans.
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How the deadly Nipah virus jumps from bats to humans found
Science | November 07, 2020 15:35 ISTThe deadly Nipah virus kills nearly 75 per cent of the people it infects, but the circumstances under which the bat species, known as the Indian flying fox, transmits the virus to humans has remained a mystery.
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New bat study may provide clues to protect against coronavirus
Science | June 16, 2020 19:34 ISTResearchers are investigating how coronaviruses would affect cells upon entry into the bat host in the nasal passages, to explain why symptomatic disease does not occur.
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Uttar Pradesh: Panic grips Bishanpura village after locals spot dead bats
India | May 28, 2020 12:32 ISTTeams of health, forest and veterinary doctors reached the village on Wednesday to take the samples for testing. District Forest Officer Shradha Yadav said the matter has come to the knowledge of the Forest Department and four samples have been taken into custody for testing.
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Coronavirus is just tip of the iceberg, China's 'Bat Woman' Shi Zhengli warns
World | May 26, 2020 17:07 ISTViruses being discovered now are "just tip of the iceberg", Shi Zhengli, a virologist known for her work on coronavirus in bats said in an interview on Chinese state television. Research into viruses needs scientists and governments to be transparent and cooperative and that is "very regrettable" when science is politicized, Bloomberg quoted Zhengli, known as China's "bat woman", as saying.
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The exact origin of coronavirus pandemic remains fuzzy, but unlikely it's lab-engineered
Science | May 09, 2020 18:06 ISTIs the Wuhan 'wet market' the global fountainhead of the coronavirus pandemic? Was coronavirus manufactured at a Chinese lab? Can bat viruses infect humans so easily? Three bat researchers clear the air in this exclusive interview
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Decoded: How bats carry coronavirus without getting sick
Science | May 07, 2020 11:30 ISTWhen exposed to the MERS virus, the researchers said, bat cells adapt, not by producing inflammation-causing proteins that are hallmarks of getting sick, but instead by maintaining a natural antiviral response.
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Bats, coronaviruses evolving together for millions of years: Study
World | April 23, 2020 17:24 ISTDifferent groups of bats have their own unique strains of coronavirus, a family that includes the COVID-19 causing virus, according to a study which reveals that the flying mammal and coronaviruses have been evolving together for millions of years.
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Coronavirus in bats affecting humans 'rare', once in a thousand years: ICMR
India | April 15, 2020 18:51 ISTThe coronavirus in bats affecting humans is a rare incident, maybe, once in a thousand years, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) told the media on Wednesday.
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Coronavirus found in bat species from 4 states, says ICMR study
India | April 15, 2020 8:45 ISTThe ICMR study for the first time has found the presence of a different kind of coronavirus, bat coronavirus (BtCoV) in two bat species from Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Puducherry and Tamil Nadu. According to the study published in the Indian Journal of Medical Research, there is no evidence to suggest that the bat coronaviruses can cause disease in humans.
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ICMR study finds presence of 'bat coronavirus' in two Indian bat species
India | April 14, 2020 22:26 ISTAs the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, researchers have found the presence of a different kind of coronavirus -- bat coronavirus (BtCoV) -- in two bat species from Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Puducherry and Tamil Nadu, according to a first of its study by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
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Noise-cancelling scales in moths help evade bats: Study
Science | February 27, 2020 16:24 ISTSome species of moths can absorb as much as 85 per cent of the sound that hunting bats pitch and reflect off the insects to locate them, according to a study which may lead to advanced, bio-inspired acoustic camouflage technology.
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Bats, unlike other mammals, do not show dependence on gut bacteria
India | November 13, 2019 11:16 ISTClosely-related bats may have completely different communities of microbes, according to a study which suggests that gut bacteria may not be as important for the flying furry mammals as it is for other animals
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As Madhya Pradesh reels under power cuts, officials blame bats for woes
India | June 22, 2019 13:23 ISTThey say bats hanging on the power supply lines sometimes cause short circuits, which ultimately lead to outages.
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Nipah scare in Bhopal: Scientists tells people to be careful
Aaj Ka Viral | May 28, 2018 21:32 ISTNipah scare in Bhopal: Scientists tells people to be careful
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