Bats carry some of the most virulent, but not the most dangerous, zoonotic viruses.
The current coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is considered a zoonotic pandemic because SARS-CoV-2 has been transmitted to humans from another vertebrate animal . While SARS-CoV-2 is generally believed to have originated in bats, several other zoonotic viruses have also emerged in birds. Birds and bats … Read more