Ebola Virus Antibodies in Fruit Bats, Bangladesh

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Olival, Kevin J. ; Islam, Ariful ; Yu, Meng ; Anthony, Simon J. ; Epstein, Jonathan H. ; Khan, Shahneaz Ali ; Khan, Salah Uddin ; Crameri, Gary ; Wang, Lin-Fa ; Lipkin, W. Ian ; Luby, Stephen P. ; Daszak, Peter
• Description:
  To determine geographic range for Ebola virus, we tested 276 bats in Bangladesh. Five (3.5%) bats were positive for antibodies against Ebola Zaire and Reston viruses; no virus was detected by PCR. These bats might be a reservoir for Ebola or Ebola-like viruses, and extend the range of filoviruses to mainland Asia.
• Subjects:
  Animals Antibodies, Viral Ebolavirus Female Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola Male
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 19(2):270-273.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Dispatch
• Place as Subject:
  Bangladesh
• Volume:
  19
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:afc7f1b73c109482951bad137e7f08e1e06902cbb84fd06e753b81ca74c04ee4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/18841/cdc_18841_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 13.19 MB ]