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Volume 16, Number 12—December 2010
Research

Bartonella spp. in Bats, Kenya

Michael Y. KosoyComments to Author , Ying Bai, Tarah Lynch, Ivan V. Kuzmin, Michael Niezgoda, Richard Franka, Bernard Agwanda, Robert F. Breiman, and Charles E. Rupprecht
Author affiliations: Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (M. Kosoy, Y. Bai, T. Lynch); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (I.V. Kuzmin, M. Niezgoda, R. Franka, C.E. Rupprecht); National Museum of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya (B. Agwanda); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Kenya, Nairobi (R.F. Breiman)

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Figure 1

Field sites where bats were collected in Kenya. Numbers identify collection sites (5).

Figure 1. Field sites where bats were collected in Kenya. Numbers identify collection sites (5).

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