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Volume 26, Number 12—December 2020
Dispatch

Range Expansion of Bombali Virus in Mops condylurus Bats, Kenya, 2019

Lauri Kareinen, Joseph Ogola, Ilkka Kivistö, Teemu Smura, Kirsi Aaltonen, Anne J. Jääskeläinen, Sospeter Kibiwot, Moses M. Masika, Philip Nyaga, Dufton Mwaengo, Omu Anzala, Olli Vapalahti, Paul W. Webala, Kristian M. Forbes, and Tarja SironenComments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (L. Kareinen, I. Kivistö, T. Smura, K. Aaltonen, A.J. Jääskeläinen, O. Vapalahti, T. Sironen); University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya (J. Ogola, M.M. Masika, P. Nyaga, D. Mwaengo, O. Anzala); Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki (A.J. Jääskeläinen, O. Vapalahti); University of Eldoret, Eldoret, Kenya (S. Kibiwot) Maasai Mara University, Narok, Kenya (P.W. Webala); University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA (K.M. Forbes)

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Figure 1

Known locations of bats infected with Bombali virus (BOMV) in Africa. The main map shows the 3 countries—Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Kenya (dark shading)—where BOMV-infected bats have been identified and the geographic range of Mops condylurus bats (light shading). The inset map shows the 2 sites in Kenya (red dots), »750 km apart, where BOMV-positive M. condylurus bats have been found.

Figure 1. Known locations of bats infected with Bombali virus (BOMV) in Africa. The main map shows the 3 countries—Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Kenya (dark shading)—where BOMV-infected bats have been identified and the geographic range of Mops condylurus bats (light shading). The inset map shows the 2 sites in Kenya (red dots), »750 km apart, where BOMV-positive M. condylurus bats have been found.

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