Ebola Virus Neutralizing Antibodies in Dogs from Sierra Leone, 2017
Ebola virus (EBOV) is a highly pathogenic zoonotic virus for which the reservoir host has not been identified. To study the role of dogs as potential hosts, we screened 300 serum samples from dogs in Sierra Leone and found EBOV neutralizing antibodies in 12, suggesting their susceptibility to natura...
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| author | Kerstin Fischer Roland Suluku Sarah Katharina Fehling Juliet Jabaty Bashiru Koroma Thomas Strecker Martin H. Groschup Sandra Diederich |
| author_facet | Kerstin Fischer Roland Suluku Sarah Katharina Fehling Juliet Jabaty Bashiru Koroma Thomas Strecker Martin H. Groschup Sandra Diederich |
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| description | Ebola virus (EBOV) is a highly pathogenic zoonotic virus for which the reservoir host has not been identified. To study the role of dogs as potential hosts, we screened 300 serum samples from dogs in Sierra Leone and found EBOV neutralizing antibodies in 12, suggesting their susceptibility to natural infection. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5c5ab8a9d4ba4c28bc8b00d8f1e198952022-12-21T19:14:52ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592020-04-0126476076310.3201/eid2604.190802Ebola Virus Neutralizing Antibodies in Dogs from Sierra Leone, 2017Kerstin FischerRoland SulukuSarah Katharina FehlingJuliet JabatyBashiru KoromaThomas StreckerMartin H. GroschupSandra DiederichEbola virus (EBOV) is a highly pathogenic zoonotic virus for which the reservoir host has not been identified. To study the role of dogs as potential hosts, we screened 300 serum samples from dogs in Sierra Leone and found EBOV neutralizing antibodies in 12, suggesting their susceptibility to natural infection.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/4/19-0802_articleEbola virusdogsSierra Leoneneutralizing antibodiesserologyviruses |
| spellingShingle | Kerstin Fischer Roland Suluku Sarah Katharina Fehling Juliet Jabaty Bashiru Koroma Thomas Strecker Martin H. Groschup Sandra Diederich Ebola Virus Neutralizing Antibodies in Dogs from Sierra Leone, 2017 Emerging Infectious Diseases Ebola virus dogs Sierra Leone neutralizing antibodies serology viruses |
| title | Ebola Virus Neutralizing Antibodies in Dogs from Sierra Leone, 2017 |
| title_full | Ebola Virus Neutralizing Antibodies in Dogs from Sierra Leone, 2017 |
| title_fullStr | Ebola Virus Neutralizing Antibodies in Dogs from Sierra Leone, 2017 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ebola Virus Neutralizing Antibodies in Dogs from Sierra Leone, 2017 |
| title_short | Ebola Virus Neutralizing Antibodies in Dogs from Sierra Leone, 2017 |
| title_sort | ebola virus neutralizing antibodies in dogs from sierra leone 2017 |
| topic | Ebola virus dogs Sierra Leone neutralizing antibodies serology viruses |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/4/19-0802_article |
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