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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 2

Phylogenetic tree showing 3 new sequences of Bombali virus found in Kenya in 2019 in relation to those of other filoviruses. The tree was built by using the maximum-likelihood approach implemented in MEGA7 (7). Bootstrap support percentage is shown at the nodes. Scale bar indicates genetic distance. M.c., Mops condylurus.

Figure 2. Phylogenetic tree showing 3 new sequences of Bombali virus found in Kenya in 2019 in relation to those of other filoviruses. The tree was built by using the maximum-likelihood approach implemented in MEGA7 (7). Bootstrap support percentage is shown at the nodes. Scale bar indicates genetic distance. M.c., Mops condylurus.

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