Figure 1.

Locations from which bat ectoparasites for virus characterization were collected. The proportions of ectoparasites or ectoparasite pools found positive for the virus or virus family under study are also indicated, and virus or virus families are color-coded. The five differently shaped points show the different methods used for virus identification, including cell culture isolation, quantitative real-time PCR, reverse transcriptase PCR, next-generation sequencing and rapid amplification of cDNA ends. For the locations with an asterisk (*), the virus prevalence is indeterminate. The year for each study is also indicated.