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Ebola, Bats and Evidence-Based Policy

Informing Ebola Policy

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This work was funded by the Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation Grant Number NE/J001570/1 and the European Commission Seventh Framework Programme under ANTIGONE with Project Number 278976. AAC is supported by a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit award.

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  1. Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

    James L. N. Wood & Freya L. Jephcott

  2. Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London, NW1 4RY, UK

    Andrew A. Cunningham

  3. Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission, Accra, Ghana

    Richard D. Suu-Ire

  4. Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, London, UK

    Freya L. Jephcott

  5. Centre for African Wetlands, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

    Yaa Ntiamoa-Baidu

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Wood, J.L.N., Cunningham, A.A., Suu-Ire, R.D. et al. Ebola, Bats and Evidence-Based Policy. EcoHealth 13, 9–11 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-015-1050-3

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