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Movements of Indian Flying Fox in Myanmar as a Guide to Human-Bat Interface Sites

Frugivorous bats play a vital role in tropical ecosystems as pollinators and seed dispersers but are also important vectors of zoonotic diseases. Myanmar sits at the intersection of numerous bioregions and contains habitats that are important for many endangered and endemic species. This rapidly dev...

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Autores principales: McEvoy, John F., Kishbaugh, Jennifer C., Valitutto, Marc T., Aung, Ohnmar, Tun, Kyaw Yan Naing, Win, Ye Tun, Maw, Min Thein, Thein, Wai Zin, Win, Htay Htay, Chit, Aung Myo, Vodzak, Megan E., Murray, Suzan
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8390844/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34448977
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10393-021-01544-w
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author McEvoy, John F.
Kishbaugh, Jennifer C.
Valitutto, Marc T.
Aung, Ohnmar
Tun, Kyaw Yan Naing
Win, Ye Tun
Maw, Min Thein
Thein, Wai Zin
Win, Htay Htay
Chit, Aung Myo
Vodzak, Megan E.
Murray, Suzan
author_facet McEvoy, John F.
Kishbaugh, Jennifer C.
Valitutto, Marc T.
Aung, Ohnmar
Tun, Kyaw Yan Naing
Win, Ye Tun
Maw, Min Thein
Thein, Wai Zin
Win, Htay Htay
Chit, Aung Myo
Vodzak, Megan E.
Murray, Suzan
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description Frugivorous bats play a vital role in tropical ecosystems as pollinators and seed dispersers but are also important vectors of zoonotic diseases. Myanmar sits at the intersection of numerous bioregions and contains habitats that are important for many endangered and endemic species. This rapidly developing country also forms a connection between hotspots of emerging human diseases. We deployed Global Positioning System collars to track the movements of 10 Indian flying fox (Pteropus giganteus) in the agricultural landscapes of central Myanmar. We used clustering analysis to identify foraging sites and high-utilization areas. As part of a larger viral surveillance study in bats of Myanmar, we also collected oral and rectal swab samples from 29 bats to test for key emerging viral diseases in this colony. There were no positive results detected for our chosen viruses. We analyzed their foraging movement behavior and evaluated selected foraging sites for their potential as human-wildlife interface sites. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10393-021-01544-w.
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spelling pubmed-83908442021-08-27 Movements of Indian Flying Fox in Myanmar as a Guide to Human-Bat Interface Sites McEvoy, John F. Kishbaugh, Jennifer C. Valitutto, Marc T. Aung, Ohnmar Tun, Kyaw Yan Naing Win, Ye Tun Maw, Min Thein Thein, Wai Zin Win, Htay Htay Chit, Aung Myo Vodzak, Megan E. Murray, Suzan Ecohealth Original Contribution Frugivorous bats play a vital role in tropical ecosystems as pollinators and seed dispersers but are also important vectors of zoonotic diseases. Myanmar sits at the intersection of numerous bioregions and contains habitats that are important for many endangered and endemic species. This rapidly developing country also forms a connection between hotspots of emerging human diseases. We deployed Global Positioning System collars to track the movements of 10 Indian flying fox (Pteropus giganteus) in the agricultural landscapes of central Myanmar. We used clustering analysis to identify foraging sites and high-utilization areas. As part of a larger viral surveillance study in bats of Myanmar, we also collected oral and rectal swab samples from 29 bats to test for key emerging viral diseases in this colony. There were no positive results detected for our chosen viruses. We analyzed their foraging movement behavior and evaluated selected foraging sites for their potential as human-wildlife interface sites. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10393-021-01544-w. Springer US 2021-08-27 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8390844/ /pubmed/34448977 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10393-021-01544-w Text en © EcoHealth Alliance 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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McEvoy, John F.
Kishbaugh, Jennifer C.
Valitutto, Marc T.
Aung, Ohnmar
Tun, Kyaw Yan Naing
Win, Ye Tun
Maw, Min Thein
Thein, Wai Zin
Win, Htay Htay
Chit, Aung Myo
Vodzak, Megan E.
Murray, Suzan
Movements of Indian Flying Fox in Myanmar as a Guide to Human-Bat Interface Sites
title Movements of Indian Flying Fox in Myanmar as a Guide to Human-Bat Interface Sites
title_full Movements of Indian Flying Fox in Myanmar as a Guide to Human-Bat Interface Sites
title_fullStr Movements of Indian Flying Fox in Myanmar as a Guide to Human-Bat Interface Sites
title_full_unstemmed Movements of Indian Flying Fox in Myanmar as a Guide to Human-Bat Interface Sites
title_short Movements of Indian Flying Fox in Myanmar as a Guide to Human-Bat Interface Sites
title_sort movements of indian flying fox in myanmar as a guide to human-bat interface sites
topic Original Contribution
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8390844/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34448977
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10393-021-01544-w
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