2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Prediction of emerging infectious diseases mediated by the bat as the reservoir.
| Project/Area Number |
20405049
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 海外学術 |
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| Research Field |
Boundary agriculture
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| Research Institution | Nagoya University (2011-2012)
Yamaguchi University (2008-2010) |
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Principal Investigator |
HONDO Eiichi 名古屋大学, 生命農学研究科, 教授 (30271745)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MAEDA Ken 山口大学, 農学部, 教授 (90284273)
MIZUNO Takuya 山口大学, 農学部, 教授 (90398826)
TAKEMATSU Yoko 山口大学, 農学部, 准教授 (30335773)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2012
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| Keywords | コウモリ / 新興感染症 / ウイルス / 環境 |
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| Research Abstract |
Recently, emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases mediated by the bat are becoming world’ s threats. In the present study, the veiled habitat of the flying fox as the potential reservoir of these infectious diseases was investigated in South-East Asia and Oceania. The history of the infection of some infectious diseases was recognized even in the flying foxes living near the suburb of one of the world largest cities. It was also revealed using Argos satellite that these flying foxes had amazing flight ability. The accumulated data in this study on their flight were collected using the flying foxes in Thailand and the Philippines. Taken together with the flight data provided by Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, Australia, it is quite possible that the flying foxes in Asia and Oceania communicate mutually by long distance flight. In addition, to predict appearance of these infectious diseases in human societies, the relationships between environmental indexes and the flight of the flying fox was investigated. The seasonal change in the direction of winds appeared to be involved in initiation of the long distance flight of the flying fox.
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