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

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

Emerg Infect Dis ; 26(9): 2205-2209, 2020 09.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32818404

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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.

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Ebolavirus , Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola , Animals , Animals, Wild , Democratic Republic of the Congo/epidemiology , Disease Outbreaks , Ebolavirus/genetics , Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola/epidemiology , Humans

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