# Reply to Lowen et al., “The value of virological research in wildlife”

**Authors:** Marc Lipsitch, Aishani V. Aatresh

PMC · DOI: 10.1128/mbio.03756-25 · 2026-02-18

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** influenza (MESH:D007251), falling short (MESH:C537863), infectious diseases (MESH:D003141)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606], Chiroptera (bats, order) [taxon 9397], Nipah virus [taxon 121791]

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12977537