Human–Bat Interactions in Rural West Africa
Priscilla Anti, Michael Owusu, Olivia Agbenyega, Augustina Annan, Ebenezer Kofi Badu, Evans Ewald Nkrumah, Marco Tschapka, Samuel Oppong, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie, and Sung Sup Park
Author affiliations: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana (P. Anti, M. Owusu, O. Agbenyega, A. Annan, E.K. Badu, E.E. Nkrumah, S. Oppong, Y. Adu-Sarkodie); University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany (M. Tschapka); University of Bonn Medical Centre, Bonn, Germany (C. Drosten); German Centre for Infection Research, Bonn (C. Drosten)
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Figure 2. Typical situations in which direct and indirect bat–human contact occurred in Ghana, 2011–2012. A) Religious activity at the Mprisi cave in Buoyem. The man is pouring libation to the natural gods. The liquid poured before entering the cave is liquor. Note the number of deposited empty bottles, indicating the frequency of cave entries. B) Goat sacrificed for natural gods at the Mframmabuom cave in Kwamang. C, D) Typical examples of roasted bats widely offered and consumed in markets and public places in Ghana. Photographs provided by and published with permission from H. Baldwin.
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