Table 5 Community perceptions of activities associated with bat exposure and risk of bat-borne disease transmission in Bundibugyo district, Uganda, 2022. Proportional piling scores for the seven identified risk factors are indicated for each group (n = 10). The overall rank was derived from the mean score across all groups

1

Hunting during an outbreak (especially of bats)

29

32

35

24

23

11

24

30

27

36

27.2

2

Consumption of bats

23

26

25

32

21

34

20

24

26

25

25.6

3

Eating bat nibbled fruits/foods

18

18

11

17

10

17

12

10

20

13.3

4

Presence of bats in a house

19

20

16

26

18

10

14

10

13.3

5

Regularly visiting caves or other bat roosts

14

22

7

10

9

21

13

5

10.1

6

Movement of people (immigration, inter-district/inter-community, and emigration)

15

4

29

2

23

7.3

7

Participating in mining

18

16

11

4

4.9