Supplementary Information: Robust evidence for bats as reservoir hosts is lacking in most African virus studies - a review and call to optimize sampling and conserve bats

Weber, Natalie; Nagy, Martina; Markotter, Wanda; Schaer, Juliane; Puechmaille, Sébastien J.; Sutton, Jack; Dávalos, Liliana M.; Dusabe, Marie-Claire; Ejotre, Imran; Fenton, M. Brock; Knörnschild, Mirjam; López-Baucells, Adrià; Medellin, Rodrigo A.; Metz, Markus; Mubareka, Samira; Nsengimana, Olivier; O'Mara, M. Teague; Racey, Paul A.; Tuttle, Merlin; Twizeyimana, Innocent; Vicente-Santos, Amanda; Tschapka, Marco; Voigt, Christian C.; Wikelski, Martin; Dechmann, Dina K.N.; Reeder, DeeAnn M.

doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.24487181.v2

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Supplementary Information: Robust evidence for bats as reservoir hosts is lacking in most African virus studies - a review and call to optimize sampling and conserve bats

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posted on 2023-11-10, 15:03 authored by Natalie Weber, Martina Nagy, Wanda Markotter, Juliane Schaer, Sébastien J. Puechmaille, Jack Sutton, Liliana M. Dávalos, Marie-Claire Dusabe, Imran Ejotre, M. Brock Fenton, Mirjam Knörnschild, Adrià López-Baucells, Rodrigo A. Medellin, Markus Metz, Samira Mubareka, Olivier Nsengimana, M. Teague O'Mara, Paul A. Racey, Merlin Tuttle, Innocent Twizeyimana, Amanda Vicente-Santos, Marco Tschapka, Christian C. Voigt, Martin Wikelski, Dina K.N. Dechmann, DeeAnn M. Reeder

This Supplementary Information presents all relevant background for our review, including information on literature selection process, summary information, corona-, paramyo-, rhabdo- and filoviruses, other viruses, African bat virus findings with no known relation to human disease, evaluating confidence of host status, and supplementary references.