1.
Emerg Infect Dis
; 25(9)2019 09.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31310231
ABSTRACT
In 2018, a previously unknown Ebola virus, Bombali virus, was discovered in Sierra Leone. We describe detection of Bombali virus in Guinea. We found viral RNA in internal organs of 3 Angolan free-tailed bats (Mops condylurus) trapped in the city of N'Zerekore and in a nearby village.
Subject(s)
Chiroptera/virology , Disease Outbreaks/prevention & control , Disease Reservoirs , Ebolavirus/isolation & purification , Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola/epidemiology , Animals , Guinea/epidemiology , Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola/transmission , Humans , Liberia/epidemiology , Zoonoses
2.
Emerg Infect Dis
; 24(4)2018 Apr 17.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29346061
ABSTRACT
In 2017, two cases of dengue fever were imported from Hurghada, Egypt, where dengue fever was not considered endemic, to Moscow. These cases show how emergence of dengue fever in popular resort regions on the coast of the Red Sea can spread infection to countries where it is not endemic.
