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Volume 29, Number 11—November 2023
Research

Micro‒Global Positioning Systems for Identifying Nightly Opportunities for Marburg Virus Spillover to Humans by Egyptian Rousette Bats

Brian R. AmmanComments to Author , Amy J. Schuh, Gloria Akurut, Kilama Kamugisha, Dianah Namanya, Tara K. Sealy, James C. Graziano, Eric Enyel, Emily A. Wright, Stephen Balinandi, Julius J. Lutwama, Rebekah C. Kading, Patrick Atimnedi, and Jonathan S. Towner
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (B.R. Amman, A.J. Schuh, T.K. Sealy, J.C. Graziano, J.S. Towner); Uganda Wildlife Authority, Kampala, Uganda (G. Akarut, K. Kamugisha, D. Namanya, E. Enyel, P. Atimnedi); Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA (E.A. Wright); Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda (S. Balinandi, J.J. Lutwama); Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (R.C. Kading)

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Figure 5

Minimum convex polygons (MCP) of Egyptian rousette bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) total forage area, southwest Uganda, February and August 2022. Yellow lines indicate MCP of forage area overall (1,887 km2); orange lines indicate MCP of forage area in agricultural communities (846 km2). Red dots for all MCPs indicate the outermost peripheral sites where the bats fitted with micro‒global positioning system units foraged for >30 minutes. MCPs are shown in relation to Python Cave, where the Egyptian rousette bats roost and were fitted with the micro‒global positioning system; the house visited by bat MV19; and Kitaka Mine, the site of a 2007 Marburg virus outbreak.

Figure 5. Minimum convex polygons (MCP) of Egyptian rousette bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) total forage area, southwest Uganda, February and August 2022. Yellow lines indicate MCP of forage area overall (1,887 km2); orange lines indicate MCP of forage area in agricultural communities (846 km2). Red dots for all MCPs indicate the outermost peripheral sites where the bats fitted with micro‒global positioning system units foraged for >30 minutes. MCPs are shown in relation to Python Cave, where the Egyptian rousette bats roost and were fitted with the micro‒global positioning system; the house visited by bat MV19; and Kitaka Mine, the site of a 2007 Marburg virus outbreak.

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