Fruit bats as reservoirs of Ebola virus.
Nature
; 438(7068): 575-6, 2005 Dec 01.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16319873
ABSTRACT
The first recorded human outbreak of Ebola virus was in 1976, but the wild reservoir of this virus is still unknown. Here we test for Ebola in more than a thousand small vertebrates that were collected during Ebola outbreaks in humans and great apes between 2001 and 2003 in Gabon and the Republic of the Congo. We find evidence of asymptomatic infection by Ebola virus in three species of fruit bat, indicating that these animals may be acting as a reservoir for this deadly virus.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Reservatórios de Doenças
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Quirópteros
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Doença pelo Vírus Ebola
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Ebolavirus
Limite:
Animals
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Humans
País como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2005
Tipo de documento:
Article