Study reveals interplay of an African bat, a parasite and a virus

(University of Wisconsin-Madison) A lack of evidence that bats are key reservoirs of human disease has not prevented their vilification or efforts to exterminate bat colonies where threats are presumed to lurk. 'The fact is that they provide important ecosystem services...and we want them around,' says Tony Goldberg, a University of Wisconsin-Madison epidemiologist and virus hunter. 'But bats are also increasingly acknowledged as hosts of medically significant viruses. I have mixed feelings abou...