Host entity

Pteropus

Rankgenus NCBI Taxon: 9401

Recent evidence findings

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Publication date	Type	Key finding	PMID
2026-06	Reservoir Ecology	Habitat fragmentation and urbanization alter flying fox foraging ecology and population distributions, increasing interspecies contact and spillover risk.	41704560
2026-03	Spillover Event	Hendra virus spillover events were positively associated with horse density and flying fox roost occupancy in agricultural landscapes of southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales, supporting flying fox-to-horse transmission.	41235837

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2026-06	Reservoir Ecology	Habitat fragmentation and urbanization alter flying fox foraging ecology and population distributions, increasing interspecies contact and spillover risk.	41704560

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NCBI taxonomy

Spillover Event 17

Reservoir Ecology 14

Zoonotic Surveillance 8

Cross Species Transmission 4

Host Range Experiment 3

Genomic Evolution 2

Subordinate host structure

10 host taxa

This taxon contains multiple curated NCBI host records. Expand the tree to inspect the subordinate taxonomy structure.

Linked viruses

3 virus taxa

Geographic evidence

3 countries

Temporal evidence

32 year-type groups

Publication output

225 months