Analysis of astrovirus transmission pathways in a free-ranging fission-fusion colony of Natterer’s bats (Myotis nattereri)

Bats are a diverse and widespread order of mammals. They fulfill critical ecosystem roles but may also act as reservoirs and spreaders for zoonotic agents. Consequently, many recent studies have focused on the potential of bats to spread diseases to other animals and to humans. However, virus transm...

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Published in:Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Main Authors: Zeus, Veronika M., Köhler, Arian, Reusch, Christine, Fischer, Kerstin, Balkema-Buschmann, Anne, Kerth, Gerald
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Published: 2020
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spelling ftopenagrar:oai:www.openagrar.de:openagrar_mods_00064762 2024-09-15T18:18:59+00:00 Analysis of astrovirus transmission pathways in a free-ranging fission-fusion colony of Natterer’s bats (Myotis nattereri) Zeus, Veronika M. Köhler, Arian Reusch, Christine Fischer, Kerstin Balkema-Buschmann, Anne Kerth, Gerald 2020-11-17 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-020-02932-y https://www.openagrar.de/receive/openagrar_mods_00064762 https://www.openagrar.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/openagrar_derivate_00033834/SD2020541.pdf https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00265-020-02932-y eng eng Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology -- Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. -- 0340-5443 -- 1432-0762 -- 194510-5 -- 1458476-1 -- http://link.springer.com/journal/265 -- http://www.bibliothek.uni-regensburg.de/ezeit/?1458476 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-020-02932-y https://www.openagrar.de/receive/openagrar_mods_00064762 https://www.openagrar.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/openagrar_derivate_00033834/SD2020541.pdf https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00265-020-02932-y public https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Text article ddc:570 Bats -- Social network -- Astrovirus -- Transmission -- Roost site use article Text doc-type:article 2020 ftopenagrar https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-020-02932-y 2024-07-08T23:56:25Z Bats are a diverse and widespread order of mammals. They fulfill critical ecosystem roles but may also act as reservoirs and spreaders for zoonotic agents. Consequently, many recent studies have focused on the potential of bats to spread diseases to other animals and to humans. However, virus transmission networks within bat colonies remain largely unexplored. We studied the detection rate and transmission pathway of astroviruses in a free-ranging Natterer’s bat colony (Myotis nattereri) that exhibits a high fission-fusion dynamic. Based on automatic roost monitoring data of radio-frequency identification tagged bats, we assessed the impact of the strength of an individual’s roosting associations with all other colony members (weighted degree), and the number of roost sites (bat boxes) an individual used—both being proxies for individual exposure risk—on the detected presence of astrovirus-related nucleic acid in individual swab samples. Moreover, we tested to which degree astrovirus sequence types were shared between individuals that frequently roosted together, as proxy for direct transmission risk, and between bats sharing the same roost sites in close temporal succession, as proxy for indirect transmission risk. Neither roosting associations nor the number of different roost sites had an effect on detected virus presence in individual bats. Transmission network data suggest that astroviruses are transmitted both via direct and indirect contact, implying that roost sites pose a risk of astrovirus infection for several days after the bats leave them. Our study offers novel insights in the presence and transmission of viruses within social networks of bat colonies. Article in Journal/Newspaper Myotis nattereri OpenAgrar (OA) Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 74 12
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Reusch, Christine
Fischer, Kerstin
Balkema-Buschmann, Anne
Kerth, Gerald
Analysis of astrovirus transmission pathways in a free-ranging fission-fusion colony of Natterer’s bats (Myotis nattereri)
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description Bats are a diverse and widespread order of mammals. They fulfill critical ecosystem roles but may also act as reservoirs and spreaders for zoonotic agents. Consequently, many recent studies have focused on the potential of bats to spread diseases to other animals and to humans. However, virus transmission networks within bat colonies remain largely unexplored. We studied the detection rate and transmission pathway of astroviruses in a free-ranging Natterer’s bat colony (Myotis nattereri) that exhibits a high fission-fusion dynamic. Based on automatic roost monitoring data of radio-frequency identification tagged bats, we assessed the impact of the strength of an individual’s roosting associations with all other colony members (weighted degree), and the number of roost sites (bat boxes) an individual used—both being proxies for individual exposure risk—on the detected presence of astrovirus-related nucleic acid in individual swab samples. Moreover, we tested to which degree astrovirus sequence types were shared between individuals that frequently roosted together, as proxy for direct transmission risk, and between bats sharing the same roost sites in close temporal succession, as proxy for indirect transmission risk. Neither roosting associations nor the number of different roost sites had an effect on detected virus presence in individual bats. Transmission network data suggest that astroviruses are transmitted both via direct and indirect contact, implying that roost sites pose a risk of astrovirus infection for several days after the bats leave them. Our study offers novel insights in the presence and transmission of viruses within social networks of bat colonies.
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author Zeus, Veronika M.
Köhler, Arian
Reusch, Christine
Fischer, Kerstin
Balkema-Buschmann, Anne
Kerth, Gerald
author_facet Zeus, Veronika M.
Köhler, Arian
Reusch, Christine
Fischer, Kerstin
Balkema-Buschmann, Anne
Kerth, Gerald
author_sort Zeus, Veronika M.
title Analysis of astrovirus transmission pathways in a free-ranging fission-fusion colony of Natterer’s bats (Myotis nattereri)
title_short Analysis of astrovirus transmission pathways in a free-ranging fission-fusion colony of Natterer’s bats (Myotis nattereri)
title_full Analysis of astrovirus transmission pathways in a free-ranging fission-fusion colony of Natterer’s bats (Myotis nattereri)
title_fullStr Analysis of astrovirus transmission pathways in a free-ranging fission-fusion colony of Natterer’s bats (Myotis nattereri)
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of astrovirus transmission pathways in a free-ranging fission-fusion colony of Natterer’s bats (Myotis nattereri)
title_sort analysis of astrovirus transmission pathways in a free-ranging fission-fusion colony of natterer’s bats (myotis nattereri)
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