Wild Animal Mortality Monitoring and Human Ebola Outbreaks, Gabon and Republic of Congo, 2001–2003

Wild Animal Mortality Monitoring and Human Ebola Outbreaks, Gabon and Republic of Congo, 2001–2003

All human Ebola virus outbreaks during 2001–2003 in the forest zone between Gabon and Republic of Congo resulted from handling infected wild animal carcasses. After the first outbreak, we created an Animal Mortality Monitoring Network in collaboration with the Gabonese and Congolese Ministries of Fo...

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Main Authors: Pierre Rouquet, Jean-Marc Froment, Magdalena Bermejo, Annelisa Kilbourne, William B. Karesh, Patricia Reed, Brice Kumulungui, Philippe Yaba, André Délicat, Pierre E. Rollin, Eric M. Leroy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-02-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Ebola virus
wildlife
great apes
Duiker
outbreak
Gabon
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/2/04-0533_article

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