As in many other groups of bats, the Epomophorinae have been associated with the circulation of wild virus emerging in humans (Coronaviridae, Paramyxoviridae and Filoviridae especially).
Kama katika makundi mengine mengi ya popo, Epomophorinae wamekuwa yanayohusiana na mzunguko wa virusi pori kujitokeza kwa binadamu (Coronaviridae, Paramyxoviridae na Filoviridae hasa).