New research directions of bats in Azerbaijan - bats as a potential reservoir of some zoonotic diseases
Research article: New research directions of bats in Azerbaijan - bats as a potential reservoir of some zoonotic diseases
Authors: N.A. Hasanov*, G.G. Guliyeva
Institute of Zoology, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, block 504, passage 1128, A. Abbaszadeh Str., Baku AZ1004, Azerbaijan
*For correspondence: hasnijat1212@gmail.com
Received 30 September 2020; Received in revised form 02 November 2020; Accepted 02 November 2020
Abstract:
Bats - the only flying mammals, accounting for 25% (33 species) of the Azerbaijani mammalian fauna. Those have also been focused on by the scientific community, zoologists, veterinarians, and virologists for the recent 20 years because of their assumed or confirmed role in the spillover of sev- eral new zoonotic diseases. Such studies have not been carried out so far in Azerbaijan and the situ- ation with the study of other bats diseases is not satisfactory. Thus, the national studies on bats on ecto-, endo- and blood-parasites require at least an update, dating back to the 70s of the last century. This paper provides an overview of the potential or confirmed reservoir role of bats in a number of pathogens, the importance of research in this area and, in particular, the first research attempts in coronary studies conducted in Azerbaijan within the frame of Western Asia Bat Research Network.
Keywords: Bats, zoonotic diseases, parasites, sampling site, colonies, Western Asia
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