Long-term survival of an urban fruit bat seropositive for Ebola and Lagos bat viruses.

Ebolaviruses (EBOV) (family Filoviridae) cause viral hemorrhagic fevers in humans and non-human primates when they spill over from their wildlife reservoir hosts with case fatality rates of up to 90%. Fruit bats may act as reservoirs of the Filoviridae. The migratory fruit bat, Eidolon helvum, is co...

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Main Authors: David T S Hayman, Petra Emmerich, Meng Yu, Lin-Fa Wang, Richard Suu-Ire, Anthony R Fooks, Andrew A Cunningham, James L N Wood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-08-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2915915?pdf=render