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What viruses do bats carry? What viruses do bats carry?

1. Scientists have found more than 4 100 viruses in nearly 200 species of bats, including more than 500 coronaviruses. Well-known are Marburg virus, Ebola virus, MERS virus and so on.

2. Bats can carry many kinds of people and animals with viruses and are hardly infected. Through the study of related genes, scientists found that the transcription factor c-REL of NF-κB family in bats is positively selected. This gene not only plays a role in innate immunity, but also has a certain relationship with DNA damage reaction. Natural killer (NK) cells are the first line of defense against external pathogenic microorganisms and tumors.