Host-pathogen interactions of emerging zoonotic viruses: bats, humans and filoviruses.
Hood G., Carroll M.
This paper provides an overview of the phenomena of cross-species transmission of viruses (known as spillover), focusing on the highly pathogenic filovirus family and their natural reservoir: bats. It also describes the host-pathogen relationship of viruses and their reservoirs, in addition to humans, and discusses current theories of persistent infection.