"Chiroptera" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Order of mammals whose members are adapted for flight. It includes bats, flying foxes, and fruit bats.
| Descriptor ID |
D002685
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.649.313.937
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| Concept/Terms |
Rhinolophus- Rhinolophus
- Horseshoe Bats
- Bat, Horseshoe
- Bats, Horseshoe
- Horseshoe Bat
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chiroptera" by people in Profiles.
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Bat genomes illuminate adaptations to viral tolerance and disease resistance. Nature. 2025 Feb; 638(8050):449-458.
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Studying bats using a One Health lens: bridging the gap between bat virology and disease ecology. J Virol. 2024 12 17; 98(12):e0145324.
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Japanese Encephalitis: Risk of Emergence in the United States and the Resulting Impact. Viruses. 2023 12 28; 16(1).
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Insights into the formation and diversification of a novel chiropteran wing membrane from embryonic development. BMC Biol. 2023 05 04; 21(1):101.
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Convergent deployment of ancestral functions during the evolution of mammalian flight membranes. Sci Adv. 2023 03 24; 9(12):eade7511.
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Classification of new morbillivirus and jeilongvirus sequences from bats sampled in Brazil and Malaysia. Arch Virol. 2022 Oct; 167(10):1977-1987.
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Racket or Bat Sports: No Association With Thumb-Base Osteoarthritis. J Athl Train. 2022 Apr 01; 57(4):341-351.
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Potent Henipavirus Neutralization by Antibodies Recognizing Diverse Sites on Hendra and Nipah Virus Receptor Binding Protein. Cell. 2020 12 10; 183(6):1536-1550.e17.
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The Origin of COVID-19 and Why It Matters. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 Sep; 103(3):955-959.
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Usutu Virus Epizootic in Belgium in 2017 and 2018: Evidence of Virus Endemization and Ongoing Introduction Events. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2020 01; 20(1):43-50.