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EAE and KJO were funded by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Emerging Pandemic Threats PREDICT project. KJO was additionally funded by NIH NIAID award R01AI110964.
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Eskew, E.A., Olival, K.J. De-urbanization and Zoonotic Disease Risk. EcoHealth 15, 707–712 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-018-1359-9
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