The natural history of Ebola virus in Africa

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 7, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 1005-1014

  Pourrut, Xavier ^a,b   Kumulungui, Brice ^a   Wittmann, Tatiana ^a   Moussavou, Ghislain ^a   Délicat, André ^a   Yaba, Philippe ^a   Nkoghe, Dieudonné ^c   Gonzalez, Jean Paul ^d   Leroy, Eric Maurice ^a,b  

^a CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^b UR178   (Gabon)

^c Programme National Tuberculose   (Gabon)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bat; Ebola; Human; Primate; Viral reservoir; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTHROPOD; BAT; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC PATHOLOGY; HISTORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUDAN; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA; EBOLA VIRUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 22144441720     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2005.04.006     Document Type: Short Survey

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