Large serological survey showing cocirculation of Ebola and Marburg viruses in Gabonese bat populations, and a high seroprevalence of both viruses in Rousettus aegyptiacus

Pourrut, Xavier; Souris, Marc; S. Towner, Jonathan; E. Rollin, Pierre; T. Nichol, Stuart; Gonzalez, Jean‐Paul; M. Leroy, Eric

doi:10.1186/1471-2334-9-159

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Large serological survey showing cocirculation of Ebola and Marburg viruses in Gabonese bat populations, and a high seroprevalence of both viruses in Rousettus aegyptiacus

Published in BMC Infectious Diseases • Sep 28, 2009

Authors:

Xavier Pourrut

Marc Souris

Jonathan S. Towner

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Ebola and Marburg viruses cause highly lethal hemorrhagic fevers in humans. Recently, bats of multiple species have been identified as possible natural hosts of Zaire ebolavirus (ZEBOV) in Gabon and Republic of Congo, and also of marburgvirus (MARV) in Gabon and Democratic Republic of Co...

Subject

Seroprevalence

Virology

Serology

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