2nd International Infectious Diseases of Bats Symposium

项目摘要/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。 以及人类的死亡率。其中许多是由要求最高生物安全的病毒引起的 遏制，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 蝙蝠传播的遏制病原体包括SARS冠状病毒、MERS冠状病毒和狂犬病病毒，以及 最近发现了蝙蝠特有的新型流感病毒H17N10和H18N11。到目前为止，更多 已经从蝙蝠身上分离出或在蝙蝠体内检测到200多种病毒。考虑到大约1200个物种 在已经确定的蝙蝠中，它们作为传染病的来源可能被低估了。 此外，蝙蝠还受到狂犬病、Lloviu丝状病毒、塔卡利贝等传染病的影响。 病毒和致死更多人的白鼻综合征的真菌--破坏性土霉 北美有500多万只蝙蝠。尽管蝙蝠作为传染性疾病的宿主很重要 对于药物，人们对它们的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。蝙蝠传播的传染病 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，促进研究蝙蝠传染病的合作。 几位国际知名科学家已同意出席会议，会议应该 促进传染病社区的更大兴趣。

Project 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 novel 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 agents, 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 of infectious agents hosted by bats. The 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.