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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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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. |
spellingShingle | Original Contribution 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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