Survey of ebola viruses in frugivorous and insectivorous bats in Guinea, Cameroon, and the democratic republic of the Congo, 2015–2017

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2018, Pages 2228-2240

  De Nys, Helene M ^a   Mbala Kingebeni, Placide ^a,b,c   Keita, Alpha K ^a,d   Butel, Christelle ^a   Thaurignac, Guillaume ^a   Villabona Arenas, Christian Julian ^a   Lemarcis, Thomas ^a   Geraerts, Mare ^a   Vidal, Nicole ^a   Esteban, Amandine ^a   Bourgarel, Mathieu ^a   Roger, François ^a   Leendertz, Fabian ^e   Diallo, Ramadan ^f   Ndimbo Kumugo, Simon Pierre ^b   Nsio Mbeta, Justus ^g   Tagg, Nikki ^h   Koivogui, Lamine ⁱ   Toure, Abdoulaye ^a,d,j   Delaporte, Eric ^a   Ahuka Mundeke, Steve ^b,c   Muyembe Tamfum, Jean Jacques ^b,c   Mpoudi Ngole, Eitel ^k,l   Ayouba, Ahidjo ^a   Peeters, Martine ^a   more..

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b National Institute of Biomedical Research   (Congo)

^c Clinique Universitaire de Kinshasa   (Congo)

^d Centre de Recherche et de   (Guinea)

^e ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^f Laboratoire Central de Diagnostic Vétérinaire   (Guinea)

^g Ministry of Public Health   (Congo)

^h CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

ⁱ Guinée Centre de Recherche et de Formation en Infectiologie de Guinée Guinean infectiology research and training center   (Guinea)

^j INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE   (Guinea)

^k Institut de Recherches Médicales et d'Études des Plantes Médicinales Prévention du Sida au Cameroun   (Cameroon)

^l Institut de Recherche Pour le Developpement   (Cameroon)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; NUCLEOPROTEIN; PROTEIN VP40; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BAT; CAROLLIA PERSPICILLATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; EBOLAVIRUS; EMBALLONURIDAE; EPOMOPHORUS; FEMALE; FRUGIVORE; HIPPOSIDERIDAE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INSECTIVORE; LISSONYCTERIS ANGOLENSIS; MALE; MINIOPTERIDAE; MOLOSSIDAE; NONHUMAN; NYCTERIDAE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINOLOPHIDAE; RNA EXTRACTION; ROUSETTUS AEGYPTIACUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; VESPERTILIONIDAE; ZAIRE EBOLAVIRUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CAMEROON; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; GUINEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY; IMMUNOLOGY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CAMEROON; CHIROPTERA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; GEOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; GUINEA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 85055432154     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2412.180740     Document Type: Article

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