3rd International Infectious Diseases of Bats Symposium

摘要/摘要 近年来，出现了几种由蝙蝠传播的人畜共患病，这些疾病导致了相当大的发病率和 人类的死亡率。其中许多是由需要最高生物安全控制的病毒引起的， 包括埃博拉病毒、马尔堡病毒以及亨德拉和尼帕病毒。其他高防护性病原体 蝙蝠传播的病毒包括SARS冠状病毒、MERS冠状病毒和狂犬病病毒，以及两种罕见的蝙蝠特有流感 最近发现了H17N10和H18N11病毒。到目前为止，已分离出200多种病毒。 蝙蝠的来自蝙蝠的或在蝙蝠体内检测到的考虑到大约1200种蝙蝠已经被识别出来，它们很可能 被低估为传染病的源头。此外，蝙蝠还受到传染病的困扰， 包括狂犬病、Lloviu丝状病毒、塔卡里贝病毒和引起白鼻子的破坏性土霉菌 该综合症已导致北美500多万只蝙蝠死亡。尽管蝙蝠作为 对于感染性病原体的储存库，人们对其生物学或免疫学知之甚少，这对 了解蝙蝠所寄生的传染病病原体的生态和溢出风险的障碍。第三棒- 传染病研讨会将为生物医学科学家、医生、 兽医和蝙蝠生物学家分享研究成果并促进合作研究 蝙蝠。几位国际知名科学家已同意出席会议，这应该会促进 传染病社区的更大兴趣。

Summary / Abstract In recent years, several bat-borne zoonotic diseases have emerged that cause substantial morbidity and mortality in humans. Many of these are caused by viruses that require the highest biosafety containment, including the ebolaviruses, Marburg virus, and Hendra and Nipah viruses. Other high containment pathogens that are bat-borne include SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and rabies virus, and two unusual bat-specific influenza viruses, H17N10 and H18N11 were recently discovered. To date, more than 200 viruses have been isolated from, or detected in, bats. Considering that about 1200 species of bats have been identified, they are likely underappreciated as sources of infectious diseases. Moreover, bats are also afflicted by infectious diseases, including rabies, Lloviu filovirus, Tacaribe virus and the fungus Geomyces destructans that causes white nose syndrome that has killed more than 5 million bats in North America. Despite the importance of bats as reservoirs of infectious agents, little is known about their biology or immunology, which presents a significant obstacle for understanding the ecology and spillover risks of infectious agents hosted by bats. The 3rd Bat- borne Infectious Diseases Symposium will provide an interactive forum for biomedical scientists, physicians, veterinarians and bat biologists to share research and to foster collaborations to study infectious diseases of bats. Several internationally-renowned scientists have agreed to present at the meeting, which should facilitate greater interest among the infectious disease community.