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

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 29; no. 11; pp. 2238 - 2245
• Main Authors: Amman, Brian R, Schuh, Amy J, Akurut, Gloria, Kamugisha, Kilama, Namanya, Dianah, Sealy, Tara K, Graziano, James C, Enyel, Eric, Wright, Emily A, Balinandi, Stephen, Lutwama, Julius J, Kading, Rebekah C, Atimnedi, Patrick, Towner, Jonathan S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Atlanta U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.11.2023; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Subjects: Bats; Crop diseases; Cultivation; Distribution; Egypt; Egyptian rousette bat; Encroachment; Environmental aspects; Epidemics; Feces; Filovirus; Foraging; Foraging behavior; Fruit; Fruit cultivation; Fruit trees; Fruits; Global positioning systems; GPS; Health aspects; Health risk assessment; Immunology; Infectious Diseases; International economic relations; Marburg virus; Marburg virus disease; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Micro‒Global Positioning Systems for Identifying of Nightly Opportunities for Marburg Virus Spillover to Humans by Egyptian Rousette Bats; National parks; Outbreaks; Personal protective equipment; Ravn virus; Rousettus aegyptiacus; Scientific equipment and supplies industry; Sub-Saharan Africa; Telemetry; Uganda; United States; Urine; viruses; Wildlife conservation; Zoonoses; Sub-Saharan Africa; Uganda; United States; Egypt; Africa

Marburg virus disease, caused by Marburg and Ravn orthomarburgviruses, emerges sporadically in sub-Saharan Africa and is often fatal in humans. The natural reservoir is the Egyptian rousette bat (ERB), which sheds virus in saliva, urine, and feces. Frugivorous ERBs discard test-bitten and partially...