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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 3

Google Earth Pro https://www.google.com/earth/versions) images of Egyptian rousette bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) foraging activity, southwest Uganda, February 2022. Both images show micro‒global positioning system locations of Egyptian rousette bats from a population of known Marburg virus‒infected bats foraging in fruiting trees and cultivated crops near homes in southwest Uganda. Red dots indicate individual global positioning system points taken at 5-minute intervals, connected by yellow lines indicating the track from one point to another. A) Home with mango, avocado, papaya, and banana crops ≈12 km northeast of Python Cave visited by bat MV19. Total time spent at this site was 5 hours and 35 minutes (10:35 pm‒4:10 am) overnight on February 12, 2022. Inset map shows study area in Uganda (yellow square). B) Banana crop visited by bat MV18 200 m northwest of a farm, ≈49 km south-southwest of Python Cave. Total time spent at this site was 1 hour and 30 minutes 02:00 am–3:30 am) on February 13, 2022, and again for 1 hour and 20 minutes (2:40 am–4:00 am) on February 14, 2022.

Figure 3. Google Earth Pro https://www.google.com/earth/versions) images of Egyptian rousette bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) foraging activity, southwest Uganda, February 2022. Both images show micro‒global positioning system locations of Egyptian rousette bats from a population of known Marburg virus‒infected bats foraging in fruiting trees and cultivated crops near homes in southwest Uganda. Red dots indicate individual global positioning system points taken at 5-minute intervals, connected by yellow lines indicating the track from one point to another. A) Home with mango, avocado, papaya, and banana crops ≈12 km northeast of Python Cave visited by bat MV19. Total time spent at this site was 5 hours and 35 minutes (10:35 pm‒4:10 am) overnight on February 12, 2022. Inset map shows study area in Uganda (yellow square). B) Banana crop visited by bat MV18 200 m northwest of a farm, ≈49 km south-southwest of Python Cave. Total time spent at this site was 1 hour and 30 minutes 02:00 am–3:30 am) on February 13, 2022, and again for 1 hour and 20 minutes (2:40 am–4:00 am) on February 14, 2022.

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