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Nature 438, 575-576 (1 December 2005) | doi:10.1038/438575a; Published online 30 November 2005
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Fruit bats as reservoirs of Ebola virus
Eric M. Leroy1,5, Brice Kumulungui1, Xavier Pourrut1,5, Pierre Rouquet1, Alexandre Hassanin2, Philippe Yaba1, André Délicat1, Janusz T. Paweska3, Jean-Paul Gonzalez4 & Robert Swanepoel3
Abstract
Bat species eaten by people in central Africa show evidence of symptomless Ebola infection.
Abstract
The first recorded human outbreak of Ebola virus was in 1976, but the wild reservoir of this virus is still unknown1. 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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