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. 2004 Dec;10(12):2073–2081. doi: 10.3201/eid1012.040346

Table 3. Subfamilial- or familial-level taxa that hold genera with distributions that coincide (coarse-scale) with distributions of disease outbreaks associated with African filovirusesa.

Subfamily or family
Coincides with Marburg occurrences only
Chrysochloridae
Otomyinae
Petromyscinae
Rhizomyinae
Lophiomyinae
Pedetidae
Bathyergidae
Macroscelididae
Coincides with African filovirus occurrences
Crocidurinae b
Potamogalinae
Pteropodinae b
Macroglossinae b
Emballonuridae b
Megadermatidaeb
Rhinolophinaeb
Hipposiderinae b
Kerivoulinaeb
Vespertilioninae b
Miniopterinae b
Molossidae b
Nycteridae
Procaviidae
Sciurinae b
Murinae b
Cricetomyinae
Dendromurinae
Gerbillinae
Anomalurinae
Zenkerellinae
Graphiurinae
Thryonomyidae
Leporidae

aTaxa including species that have been tested are indicated in boldface.
bGenera including species occurring in the Philippines.