Goharriz, Hooman
Wu, Guanghui
Ameh, Veronica O.
Seekings, Amanda H.
Amaya-Cuesta, Joan
McElhinney, Lorraine M.
Sabeta, Claude T.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK Government (SV3500, SV3700, SE0562, SV3500, SV3700, SE0562, SV3500, SV3700, SE0562, SV3500, SV3700, SE0562, SV3500, SV3700, SE0562)
European Virus Archive GLOBAL (871029, 871029, 871029, 871029, 871029)
EJPOH COVRIN (773830, 773830, 773830, 773830, 773830)
University of Pretoria
Article History
Received: 22 April 2025
Accepted: 15 July 2025
First Online: 29 August 2025
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for this research was granted by the Animal Ethics Committee and Research Ethics Committee of the University of Pretoria, with certificate numbers V092-18 and REC097-18 respectively. Approval to sample bat populations (VDS/194/S.4/11/T/85) was also granted by the Director/Chief Veterinary Officer of Nigeria, Department of Veterinary and Pest Control Services, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Pest Control Services, Abuja Nigeria.
: All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
: The authors declare no competing interests.