Prediction of emerging infectious diseases mediated by the bat as the reservoir.

近年来，以蝙蝠为媒介的新发和再发传染病正在成为世界的威胁。本研究在东南亚和大洋洲调查了作为这些传染病潜在宿主的狐蝠隐蔽栖息地。甚至在世界上最大的城市之一的郊区附近生活的狐蝠身上，人们也认识到一些传染病的感染历史。Argos卫星还显示，这些飞狐具有惊人的飞行能力。本研究中积累的关于它们飞行的数据是用泰国和菲律宾的狐蝠收集的。结合澳大利亚悉尼皇家植物园提供的飞行数据，亚洲和大洋洲的狐蝠很可能通过远距离飞行相互交流。此外，为了预测这些传染病在人类社会中的出现，还调查了环境指标与飞狐飞行的关系。风向的季节变化似乎与飞狐长距离飞行的开始有关。

Recently, emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases mediated by the bat are becoming world’ s threats. In the present study, the veiled habitat of the flying fox as the potential reservoir of these infectious diseases was investigated in South-East Asia and Oceania. The history of the infection of some infectious diseases was recognized even in the flying foxes living near the suburb of one of the world largest cities. It was also revealed using Argos satellite that these flying foxes had amazing flight ability. The accumulated data in this study on their flight were collected using the flying foxes in Thailand and the Philippines. Taken together with the flight data provided by Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, Australia, it is quite possible that the flying foxes in Asia and Oceania communicate mutually by long distance flight. In addition, to predict appearance of these infectious diseases in human societies, the relationships between environmental indexes and the flight of the flying fox was investigated. The seasonal change in the direction of winds appeared to be involved in initiation of the long distance flight of the flying fox.