Why Don’t Bats Get Sick From Viruses?

Why Don’t Bats Get Sick From Viruses?

This text discusses how bats have evolved to avoid getting sick from viral infections by restricting viral replication without causing inflammation.

Topics

  • flight adaptation
  • vaccine
  • viral replication
  • innate immune response
  • adaptive immune response
  • bat
  • bats
  • coronavirus
  • zoonosis
  • epidemics
  • inflammation
  • immune response
  • chronic inflammation
  • bat flight