• Neotropical Bats from Costa Rica harbour Diverse Coronaviruses 

      Moreira Soto, Andrés; Taylor Castillo, Mayra Lizeth; Vargas Vargas, Nancy; Rodríguez Herrera, Bernal; Jiménez Centeno, Carlos; Corrales Aguilar, Eugenia (2015-02-04)
      Bats are hosts of diverse coronaviruses (CoVs) known to potentially cross the host–species barrier. For analysing coronavirus diversity in a bat species-rich country, a total of 421 anal swabs/faecal samples from Costa ...
    • Neotropical bats that co-habit with humans function as dead-end hosts for dengue virus 

      Vicente Santos, Amanda; Moreira Soto, Andrés; Soto Garita, Claudio; Chaverri Sánchez, Luis Guillermo; Chaves Ramírez, Andrea; Drexler, Jan Felix; Morales Acuña, Juan Alberto; Alfaro Alarcón, Alejandro; Rodríguez Herrera, Bernal; Corrales Aguilar, Eugenia (2017-05-18)
      Several studies have shown Dengue Virus (DENV) nucleic acids and/or antibodies present in Neotropical wildlife including bats, suggesting that some bat species may be susceptible to DENV infection. Here we aim to elucidate ...
    • Neotropical primary bat cell lines show restricted dengue virus replication 

      Moreira Soto, Andrés; Soto Garita, Claudio; Corrales Aguilar, Eugenia (2017-02)
      Dengue is the most widespread arboviral disease affecting humans. Bats are recognized carriers of emerging viral zoonoses and have been proposed as dengue reservoirs, since RNA/NS1 and/or antiviral antibodies have been ...
    • Unexpected Functional Divergence of Bat Influenza Virus NS1 Proteins 

      Turkington, Hannah L.; Juozapaitis, Mindaugas; Tsolakos, Nikos; Corrales Aguilar, Eugenia; Schwemmle, Martín; Hale, Benjamín G. (2018-02-12)
      Recently, two influenza A virus (FLUAV) genomes were identified in Central and South American bats. These sequences exhibit notable divergence from classical FLUAV counterparts, and functionally, bat FLUAV glycoproteins ...