To Cull, or Not To Cull, Bat is the Question

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Review

Kevin J Olival. Ecohealth. 2016 Mar.

. 2016 Mar;13(1):6-8.

doi: 10.1007/s10393-015-1075-7. Epub 2015 Dec 2.

¹ EcoHealth Alliance, 460 W. 34th Street, 17th Floor, New York, NY, USA. olival@ecohealthalliance.org.

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Comment in

Don't misrepresent link between bats and SARS.
Racey PA, Fenton B, Mubareka S, Simmons N, Tuttle M. Racey PA, et al. Nature. 2018 Jan 18;553(7688):281. doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-00603-7. Nature. 2018. PMID: 29345663 No abstract available.

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