"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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| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chiroptera" by people in Profiles.
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Silva-Espinoza JC, Farani PSG, Lopez MF, Sandoval E, Rodriguez F, Waldrup KA, Dom?nguez DC, Maldonado RA. Identification of Leishmania spp. and Trypanosoma cruzi in bats captured in El Paso County, Texas. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2026 Apr; 20(4):e0014169.
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Faunce JA, Bakshi K, Troyer T, Macias S, Smotherman M. Laminar Distribution of Spectrotemporal Receptive Field Subtypes in the Primary Auditory Cortex of Echolocating Bats. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2025 Nov; 1553(1):158-171.
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Thavornwatanayong T, Wiantoro S, Kaczmarek ME, Kantorski M, Segovia E, Reyes K, Vuong BQ, Tsang SM. Comparative analysis of bat immunoglobulin constant regions identifies adaptations of bat immunity. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2025 Oct; 1552(1):239-248.
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Matsugo H, Kitamura T, Takahashi N, Chambers J, Ichikawa A, Katayama M, Li K, Sekine W, Ohira K, Ishida H, Takenaka-Uema A, Uchida K, Shimojima M, Horimoto T, Murakami S. In vitro and in vivo characterization of a bat merbecovirus with ACE2- and DPP4-independent cell entry. J Virol. 2025 07 22; 99(7):e0072725.
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Walker FM, Upton JR, Erickson D, Barrand ZA, Brock B, Valentine M, Federman EL, Froehlich EM, Van Pelt L, Hastings L, Sanchez DE, Bergman DL, Engelthaler DM, Hepp CM. Lyssa excreta: Defining parameters for fecal samples as a rabies virus surveillance method. PLoS One. 2024; 19(1):e0294122.
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Macias S, Bakshi K, Troyer T, Smotherman M. The prefrontal cortex of the Mexican free-tailed bat is more selective to communication calls than primary auditory cortex. J Neurophysiol. 2022 09 01; 128(3):634-648.
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Weinberg MM, Retta NA, Schrode KM, Screven LA, Peterson JL, Moss CF, Sterbing S, Lauer AM. Deafness in an auditory specialist, the big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus). Hear Res. 2021 12; 412:108377.
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Porter ML, Cronin TW, Dick CW, Simon N, Dittmar K. Visual system characterization of the obligate bat ectoparasite Trichobius frequens (Diptera: Streblidae). Arthropod Struct Dev. 2021 Jan; 60:101007.
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Arai S, Yanagihara R. Genetic Diversity and Geographic Distribution of Bat-borne Hantaviruses. Curr Issues Mol Biol. 2020; 39:1-28.
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Walker FM, Tobin A, Simmons NB, Sobek CJ, Sanchez DE, Chambers CL, Fofanov VY. A fecal sequel: Testing the limits of a genetic assay for bat species identification. PLoS One. 2019; 14(11):e0224969.