SciShow: Why Do Bats Carry So Many Dangerous Diseases?

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Content of the Lesson: Bats are amazing and not just because they're the only mammal that can fly! But they also carry a lot of diseases that are dangerous to humans, and while that is definitely not their fault, there is actually a lot we can learn from their unique immune systems. ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Kevin Bealer, Jacob, KatieMarie Magnone, D.A. Noe, Charles Southerland, Christopher R Boucher, Alex Hackman, Matt Curls, Adam Brainard, Scott Satovsky Jr, Sam Buck, Avi Yashchin, Ron Kakar, Chris Peters, Kevin Carpentier, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Sam Lutfi, charles george, Greg ---------- Sources: http://www.plosone.org/doi/pone.0001676 https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icw115 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9542147 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0912613107 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1230835 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48427-3_1 https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/936486 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29807-6_136 https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-805417-8.00005-6 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4565025/ https://smw.ch/article/doi/smw.2012.13659 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27043143 https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/3164734 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cotox.2017.11.001 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24031067 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16722332 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22296764 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28791024 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29467962 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17408451 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25533784 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28466096 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-019-0371-3 https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2020.00026 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26101270 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10024977 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22046196 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190124095156.htm https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16357858 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2012-7 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2008-3 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26330152 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11256746 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26903655 https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2018.02112 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28959255 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17400356 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006989 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26858407 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26231767 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29180486 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cyto.2018.12.008 https://europepmc.org/article/med/15602737 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31018522 https://www.pnas.org/content/111/10/3799 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22390970 https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2017.01098 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21601050 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-59797-4 https://doi.org/10.4161/viru.22330 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074105 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30813403 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24149032 https://doi.org/10.1038/srep21722 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1230835 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30813403 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2018.0860 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10495-4 https://repository.asu.edu/items/50946 https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aao0926 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2018.0860 https://cmr.asm.org/content/29/3/695 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22966141 https://doi.org/10.1080/14787210.2019.1635009 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41569-019-0169-2 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31131037 http://doi.org/10.1038/nature20117 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20388071 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-019-0371-3 http://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0913-3 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30857374 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.12.028 https://www.ceson.org/vespertilio/16/249_270_Riccucci.pdf https://www.ceson.org/vespertilio/17/161_169_Riccucci.pdf https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-002-1081-7 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467411000666 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23962925 https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2012.00174 https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2018.02171 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29387942 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30964051 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21524339 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20840865 Image Sources: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bracken_Bat_Cave_evening_of_17_June_2017.ogv https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:STING_4EMU.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CSIRO_ScienceImage_1718_The_Hendra_Virus.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coronaviruses_004_lores.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MERS-CoV_electron_micrograph3.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bat_with_White-nose_Syndrome_(6847107816).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brandt%27s_bat_(Myotis_brandtii).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ebola_Virus_-_Electron_Micrograph.tiff https://tinyurl.com/urlk4g8


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