Bat Distribution Size or Shape as Determinant of Viral Richness in African Bats

• Gaël D. Maganga ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Gaël D. Maganga, Mathieu Bourgarel, Serge Morand

  Affiliations Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon, Institut National Supérieur d'Agronomie et de Biotechnologies (INSAB), Franceville, Gabon

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• Mathieu Bourgarel ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Gaël D. Maganga, Mathieu Bourgarel, Serge Morand

  * E-mail: mathieu.bourgarel@cirad.fr

  Affiliations Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon, CIRAD, UPR AGIRs, Montpellier, France, CIRAD, UPR AGIRs, Harare, Zimbabwe

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• Peter Vallo,

  Affiliations Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno, Czech Republic, Institute of Experimental Ecology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

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• Thierno D. Dallo,

  Affiliation Institute of Virology, University of Bonn Medical Centre, Bonn, Germany

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• Carine Ngoagouni,

  Affiliation Institut Pasteur de Bangui, Bangui, République Centrafricaine

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• Jan Felix Drexler,

  Affiliation Institute of Virology, University of Bonn Medical Centre, Bonn, Germany

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• Christian Drosten,

  Affiliation Institute of Virology, University of Bonn Medical Centre, Bonn, Germany

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• Emmanuel R. Nakouné,

  Affiliation Institut Pasteur de Bangui, Bangui, République Centrafricaine

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• Eric M. Leroy,

  Affiliations Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR 224 (MIVEGEC), IRD/CNRS/UM1, Montpellier, France

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• Serge Morand

  Contributed equally to this work with: Gaël D. Maganga, Mathieu Bourgarel, Serge Morand

  Affiliations CIRAD, UPR AGIRs, Montpellier, France, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, CNRS-UM2, CC065, Université de Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France, Centre d'Infectiologie Christophe Mérieux du Laos, Vientiane, Lao PDR

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