Emerging Infectious Diseases (Sep 2020)
Role of Wildlife in Emergence of Ebola Virus in Kaigbono (Likati), Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2017
- Sophie Gryseels,
- Placide Mbala-Kingebeni,
- Innocent Akonda,
- Roger Angoyo,
- Ahidjo Ayouba,
- Pascal Baelo,
- Daniel Bamuleka Mukadi,
- Elie Bugentho,
- Trenton Bushmaker,
- Christelle Butel,
- Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer,
- Eric Delaporte,
- Birgit De Smet,
- Ariane Düx,
- François Edidi-Atani,
- Robert Fischer,
- Corneille Kahandi,
- Jimmy Kapetshi,
- Servet Kimbonza Sumba,
- Léonce Kouadio,
- André Malekani Bendeke,
- Claude Mande,
- Guy Midingi Sepolo,
- Joseph Moudindo,
- Eitel Mpoudi Ngole,
- Prescott Musaba,
- Patrick Mutombo,
- Innocent Ndong Bass,
- Casimir Nebesse,
- Steve Ngoy,
- Simon-Pierre Ndimbo Kumogo,
- Stephanie N. Seifert,
- Jacques Tanzito,
- Dudu Akaibe,
- Nicaise Amundala,
- Kevin K. Ariën,
- Guy-Crispin Gembu,
- Fabian H. Leendertz,
- Herwig Leirs,
- Jean-Claude Mukinzi,
- Vincent Munster,
- Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum,
- Martine Peeters,
- Erik Verheyen,
- Steve Ahuka-Mundeke
Affiliations
- Sophie Gryseels
- Placide Mbala-Kingebeni
- Innocent Akonda
- Roger Angoyo
- Ahidjo Ayouba
- Pascal Baelo
- Daniel Bamuleka Mukadi
- Elie Bugentho
- Trenton Bushmaker
- Christelle Butel
- Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer
- Eric Delaporte
- Birgit De Smet
- Ariane Düx
- François Edidi-Atani
- Robert Fischer
- Corneille Kahandi
- Jimmy Kapetshi
- Servet Kimbonza Sumba
- Léonce Kouadio
- André Malekani Bendeke
- Claude Mande
- Guy Midingi Sepolo
- Joseph Moudindo
- Eitel Mpoudi Ngole
- Prescott Musaba
- Patrick Mutombo
- Innocent Ndong Bass
- Casimir Nebesse
- Steve Ngoy
- Simon-Pierre Ndimbo Kumogo
- Stephanie N. Seifert
- Jacques Tanzito
- Dudu Akaibe
- Nicaise Amundala
- Kevin K. Ariën
- Guy-Crispin Gembu
- Fabian H. Leendertz
- Herwig Leirs
- Jean-Claude Mukinzi
- Vincent Munster
- Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum
- Martine Peeters
- Erik Verheyen
- Steve Ahuka-Mundeke
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2609.191552
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 26,
no. 9
pp. 2205 – 2209
Abstract
After the 2017 Ebola virus (EBOV) outbreak in Likati, a district in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, we sampled small mammals from the location where the primary case-patient presumably acquired the infection. None tested positive for EBOV RNA or antibodies against EBOV, highlighting the ongoing challenge in detecting animal reservoirs for EBOV.
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