Testing New Hypotheses Regarding Ebolavirus Reservoirs

Abstract

Despite a relatively long search for the origin of ebolaviruses, their reservoirs remain elusive. Researchers might have to consider testing alternative hypotheses about how these viruses persist and emerge to advance ebolavirus research. This article aims to encourage researchers to bring forward such hypotheses, to discuss them scientifically and to open alternative research avenues regarding the origin and ecology of ebolaviruses.

Keywords

• ebolavirus
• Ebola virus
• reservoir
• filovirus ecology
• origin
• alternative hypotheses