Selective deforestation and exposure of African wildlife to bat-borne viruses

Abstract Proposed mechanisms of zoonotic virus spillover often posit that wildlife transmission and amplification precede human outbreaks. Between 2006 and 2012, the palm Raphia farinifera, a rich source of dietary minerals for wildlife, was nearly extirpated from Budongo Forest, Uganda. Since then,...

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Published in:	Communications Biology
Main Authors:	Pawel Fedurek, Caroline Asiimwe, Gregory K. Rice, Walter J. Akankwasa, Vernon Reynolds, Catherine Hobaiter, Robert Kityo, Geoffrey Muhanguzi, Klaus Zuberbühler, Catherine Crockford, Regina Z. Cer, Andrew J. Bennett, Jessica M. Rothman, Kimberly A. Bishop-Lilly, Tony L. Goldberg
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2024-04-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06139-z