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Role of Wildlife in Emergence of Ebola Virus in Kaigbono (Likati), Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2017

Authors :
Sophie Gryseels
Placide Mbala-Kingebeni
Innocent Akonda
Roger Angoyo
Ahidjo Ayouba
Pascal Baelo
Daniel Bamuleka Mukadi
Elie Bugentho
Trenton Bushmaker
Christelle Butel
Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer
Eric Delaporte
Birgit De Smet
Ariane Düx
François Edidi-Atani
Robert Fischer
Corneille Kahandi
Jimmy Kapetshi
Servet Kimbonza Sumba
Léonce Kouadio
André Malekani Bendeke
Claude Mande
Guy Midingi Sepolo
Joseph Moudindo
Eitel Mpoudi Ngole
Prescott Musaba
Patrick Mutombo
Innocent Ndong Bass
Casimir Nebesse
Steve Ngoy
Simon-Pierre Ndimbo Kumogo
Stephanie N. Seifert
Jacques Tanzito
Dudu Akaibe
Nicaise Amundala
Kevin K. Ariën
Guy-Crispin Gembu
Fabian H. Leendertz
Herwig Leirs
Jean-Claude Mukinzi
Vincent Munster
Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum
Martine Peeters
Erik Verheyen
Steve Ahuka-Mundeke
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 26, Iss 9, Pp 2205-2209 (2020)
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020.

Abstract

After the 2017 Ebola virus (EBOV) outbreak in Likati, a district in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, we sampled small mammals from the location where the primary case-patient presumably acquired the infection. None tested positive for EBOV RNA or antibodies against EBOV, highlighting the ongoing challenge in detecting animal reservoirs for EBOV.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10806040 and 10806059
Volume :
26
Issue :
9
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.34b291cc8b46119e4b685345ba761e
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2609.191552