Human Ebola Outbreak Resulting from Direct Exposure to Fruit Bats in Luebo, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2007

M. Leroy, Eric; Epelboïn, Alain; Mondonge, Vital; Pourrut, Xavier; Gonzalez, Jean‐Paul; Muyembé‐Tamfum, Jean‐Jacques; Formenty, Pierre

doi:10.1089/vbz.2008.0167

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Human Ebola Outbreak Resulting from Direct Exposure to Fruit Bats in Luebo, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2007

Published in Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases • Mar 26, 2009

Authors:

Eric M. Leroy

Alain Epelboïn

Vital Mondonge

Abstract

Twelve years after the Kikwit Ebola outbreak in 1995, Ebola virus reemerged in the Occidental Kasaï province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between May and November 2007, affecting more than 260 humans and causing 186 deaths. During this latter outbreak we conducted several epidemiologica...

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Outbreak

Ebola virus

Transmission (telecommunications)

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