A group of virologists explained that American bats are susceptible to the emerging coronavirus and may become carriers of the infection in the future.
Jeffrey Hall, head of the science team, a researcher at the US National Wildlife Health Center, said in the article published on the bioRxiv website that biological experiments were conducted on a type of Brazilian bat, and it turned out that half of them were bats . The group became a carrier of the emerging coronavirus.
It is reported that scientists have previously announced that white-tailed deer, wild cats, tigers, raccoon dogs and others may be carriers of the virus.
The aim of this study was to find out if bats believed to be descended from Asian horseshoe bats in the world away from Asia could also be carriers of the virus.
According to Hall and his scientific team, the results of the study confirmed that the Brazilian bats were infected with the emerging coronavirus and that the active virus spread within ten days. And the infection of the disease was clear in a third of them, and after three weeks they all recovered without much damage to their lungs.
Based on this, researchers recommend that American bats be kept under constant surveillance, as they may be the largest mobile reservoir for “Covid-19.”
Source: Vesti. Ro
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