Misconceptions and misinformation about bats and viruses

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¹ ISEM, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France. Electronic address: sebastien.puechmaille@umontpellier.fr.
² GRAM2.0, University of Caen Normandy, Caen, 14000, France; Virology Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Caen, Caen 14000, France.
³ Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Department of Migration, Radolfzell, Germany.
⁴ Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
⁵ Bat Eco-Interactions, USA.
⁶ Institute of Ecology, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.
⁷ Global Wildlife Conservation, Austin, USA.
⁸ Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, United Kingdom.
⁹ Department of Biology, Bucknell University, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Biology, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.
¹¹ Population Biology, Ecology, and Evolution Graduate Program, Emory University, USA.
¹² Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, Ulm University, Germany.

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Sebastien J Puechmaille et al. Int J Infect Dis. 2021 Apr.

. 2021 Apr:105:606-607.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.02.097. Epub 2021 Mar 1.

¹ ISEM, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France. Electronic address: sebastien.puechmaille@umontpellier.fr.
² GRAM2.0, University of Caen Normandy, Caen, 14000, France; Virology Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Caen, Caen 14000, France.
³ Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Department of Migration, Radolfzell, Germany.
⁴ Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
⁵ Bat Eco-Interactions, USA.
⁶ Institute of Ecology, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.
⁷ Global Wildlife Conservation, Austin, USA.
⁸ Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, United Kingdom.
⁹ Department of Biology, Bucknell University, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Biology, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.
¹¹ Population Biology, Ecology, and Evolution Graduate Program, Emory University, USA.
¹² Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, Ulm University, Germany.

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