Magnified Range Maps of Known and Predicted Filovirus-Positive Bat Species (IMAGE)

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Magnified Range Maps of Known and Predicted Filovirus-Positive Bat Species

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Magnifications of hotspots of filovirus-positive bat species in sub-Saharan Africa (left), and hotspots in Southeast Asia show overlapping geographic ranges for predicted new filovirus carriers within the 90th percentile probability (right).

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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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