Studies of Reservoir Hosts for Marburg Virus

Studies of Reservoir Hosts for Marburg Virus

To determine reservoir hosts for Marburg virus (MARV), we examined the fauna of a mine in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The mine was associated with a protracted outbreak of Marburg hemorrhagic fever during 1998–2000. We found MARV nucleic acid in 12 bats, comprising 3.0%–3.6% of 2...

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Main Authors: Robert Swanepoel, Sheilagh B. Smit, Pierre E. Rollin, Pierre Formenty, Patricia A. Leman, Alan Kemp, Felicity J. Burt, Antoinette A. Grobbelaar, Janice Croft, Daniel G. Bausch, Hervé Zeller, Herwig Leirs, L.E.O. Braack, Modeste L. Libande, Sherif Zaki, Stuart T. Nichol, Thomas G. Ksiazek, Janusz T. Paweska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-12-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Marburg virus
reservoir hosts
research
Democratic Republic of Congo
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/12/07-1115_article

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