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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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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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