Map of Predicted Additional Filovirus-Positive Bat Species (IMAGE)

University of Georgia

Map of Predicted Additional Filovirus-Positive Bat Species

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Overlapping geographic ranges of bat species that have tested positive for filoviruses (top), and additional bat species predicted to carry filoviruses in the 90th percentile probability (bottom).

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From "<a target="_blank"href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pntd.0004815">Undiscovered bat hosts of filoviruses</a>," by Han et al., originally published in <em>PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases</em>.

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