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Volume 31, Number 5—May 2025
Dispatch

Co-Infections with Orthomarburgviruses, Paramyxoviruses, and Orthonairoviruses in Egyptian Rousette Bats, Uganda and Sierra Leone

Brian R. AmmanComments to Author , Amy J. Schuh, Tara K. Sealy, Immah Conteh, Gloria G. Akurut, Alusine H. Koroma, Kilama Kamugisha, James C. Graziano, Emmanuel Saidu, Doris F. Bangura, Emmanuel S. Kamanda, Ibrahim A. Bakarr, Jonathan Johnny, Eric M. Enyel, Jonathan A. Musa, Augustus Osborne, Ibrahim K. Foday, Camilla Bangura, Christian Sumaila, Samuel M.T. Williams, George M. Fefegula, Patrick Atimnedi, Aiah Lebbie, and Jonathan S. TownerComments to Author 
Author affiliation: 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); Njala University, Bo, Sierra Leone (I. Conteh, A.H. Koroma, E. Saidu, D.F. Bangura, E.S. Kamanda, I.A. Bakarr, J. Johnny, J.A. Musa, A. Osborne, I.K. Foday, C. Bangura, C. Sumaila, S.M.T. Williams, G.M. Fefegula, A. Lebbie); Uganda Wildlife Authority, Kampala, Uganda (G.G. Akarut, K. Kamugisha, E.M. Enyel, P. Atimnedi); University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone (A. Lebbie)

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Table

Numbers of Egyptian rousette bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) captured according to site in study of co-infections with orthomarburgviruses, paramyxoviruses, and orthonairoviruses, Uganda and Sierra Leone

Captured bats Uganda
 Sierra Leone
 Grand total
Python Cave* Kasungwa Cave* Kitaka Mine† Total no. Tailu Village‡ Kasewe Cave§ Total no.
Female 256 53 202 511 2 183 185 696
Adult 140 36 105 281 2 65 67 348
Juvenile
 116
 17
 97
 230
0
 118
 118
 348
Male 381 43 197 621 5 189 194 815
Adult 219 41 128 388 2 86 88 476
Juvenile
 162
 2
 69
 233
3
 103
 106
 339
Total no. 637 96 399 1,132 7 372 379 1,511

*Stable populations. †Depopulated, undergoing repopulation. ‡Forest caught, population unknown. §Transient population, possible maternal colony.

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