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2014-12-30Zeitschriftenartikel DOI: 10.15252/emmm.201404792
Investigating the zoonotic origin of the West African Ebola epidemic
dc.contributor.authorSaéz, Almudena Marí
dc.contributor.authorWeiss, Sabrina
dc.contributor.authorNowak, Kathrin
dc.contributor.authorLapeyre, Vincent
dc.contributor.authorZimmermann, Fee
dc.contributor.authorDüx, Ariane
dc.contributor.authorKühl, Hjalmar S.
dc.contributor.authorKaba, Moussa
dc.contributor.authorRegnaut, Sebastien
dc.contributor.authorMerkel, Kevin
dc.contributor.authorSachse, Andreas
dc.contributor.authorThiesen, Ulla
dc.contributor.authorVillányi, Lili
dc.contributor.authorBoesch, Christophe
dc.contributor.authorDabrowski, Piotr Wojtek
dc.contributor.authorRadonić, Aleksandar
dc.contributor.authorNitsche, Andreas
dc.contributor.authorLeendertz, Siv Aina J.
dc.contributor.authorPetterson, Stefan
dc.contributor.authorBecker, Stephan
dc.contributor.authorSchaade, Lars
dc.contributor.authorFahr, Jakob
dc.contributor.authorGogarten, Jan F.
dc.contributor.authorCalvignac-Spencer, Sébastien
dc.contributor.authorLeendertz, Fabian
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-07T18:03:41Z
dc.date.available2018-05-07T18:03:41Z
dc.date.created2015-01-19
dc.date.issued2014-12-30none
dc.identifier.otherhttp://edoc.rki.de/oa/articles/rez1k2skCc0A/PDF/21Etp51yLvHm6.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.rki.de/176904/2003
dc.description.abstractThe severe Ebola virus disease epidemic occurring in West Africa stems from a single zoonotic transmission event to a 2‐year‐old boy in Meliandou, Guinea. We investigated the zoonotic origins of the epidemic using wildlife surveys, interviews, and molecular analyses of bat and environmental samples. We found no evidence for a concurrent outbreak in larger wildlife. Exposure to fruit bats is common in the region, but the index case may have been infected by playing in a hollow tree housing a colony of insectivorous free‐tailed bats (Mops condylurus). Bats in this family have previously been discussed as potential sources for Ebola virus outbreaks, and experimental data have shown that this species can survive experimental infection. These analyses expand the range of possible Ebola virus sources to include insectivorous bats and reiterate the importance of broader sampling efforts for understanding Ebola virus ecology.eng
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRobert Koch-Institut
dc.subjectzoonosiseng
dc.subjectbateng
dc.subjectEbolaeng
dc.subjectWest Africaeng
dc.subjectwildlifeeng
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin
dc.titleInvestigating the zoonotic origin of the West African Ebola epidemic
dc.typeperiodicalPart
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:0257-10038463
dc.identifier.doi10.15252/emmm.201404792
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25646/1928
local.edoc.container-titleEMBO Molecular Medicine
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local.edoc.container-typeperiodical
local.edoc.container-type-nameZeitschrift
local.edoc.container-urlhttp://embomolmed.embopress.org/content/7/1/17
local.edoc.container-publisher-nameEMBO Press
local.edoc.container-volume7
local.edoc.container-issue1
local.edoc.container-year2015

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