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. 2023 Nov;29(11):2238–2245. doi: 10.3201/eid2911.230362

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Google Earth Pro https://www.google.com/earth/versions) images of Egyptian rousette bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) foraging activity, southwest Uganda, February 2022. Both images show micro‒global positioning system locations of Egyptian rousette bats from a population of known Marburg virus‒infected bats foraging in fruiting trees and cultivated crops near homes in southwest Uganda. Red dots indicate individual global positioning system points taken at 5-minute intervals, connected by yellow lines indicating the track from one point to another. A) Home with mango, avocado, papaya, and banana crops ≈12 km northeast of Python Cave visited by bat MV19. Total time spent at this site was 5 hours and 35 minutes (10:35 pm‒4:10 am) overnight on February 12, 2022. Inset map shows study area in Uganda (yellow square). B) Banana crop visited by bat MV18 200 m northwest of a farm, ≈49 km south-southwest of Python Cave. Total time spent at this site was 1 hour and 30 minutes 02:00 am–3:30 am) on February 13, 2022, and again for 1 hour and 20 minutes (2:40 am–4:00 am) on February 14, 2022.