B. R. Ansil

Spotted fever Rickettsia and relapsing fever Borrelia in rodents from southern India

The study detects Rickettsia and Borrelia in rodents from southern India, highlighting their tissue-specific distribution and potential public health risks.

Anthropogenic habitats shape gut microbiome composition in Southern Indian bats

The paper examines how anthropogenic habitats affect gut microbiome composition in Southern Indian bats, finding diet-specific taxonomic and functional diversity with signs of functional homogenization due to pollution.

229E- and NL63-like coronaviruses in phyllostomid bats, Belize

The paper identifies novel and previously known alphacoronaviruses in three bat species in Belize and finds phylogenetic similarity between bat CoVs and human 229E and NL63 coronaviruses.

Identification of distinct rodent-associated adenovirus lineages from a mixed-use landscape in the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot

The paper identifies five novel adenovirus lineages in small mammals from the Western Ghats, highlighting unexplored viral diversity and zoonotic potential.