| large serological survey showing cocirculation of ebola and marburg viruses in gabonese bat populations, and a high seroprevalence of both viruses in rousettus aegyptiacus. | ebola and marburg viruses cause highly lethal hemorrhagic fevers in humans. recently, bats of multiple species have been identified as possible natural hosts of zaire ebolavirus (zebov) in gabon and republic of congo, and also of marburgvirus (marv) in gabon and democratic republic of congo. | 2009 | 19785757 |
| oral shedding of marburg virus in experimentally infected egyptian fruit bats (rousettus aegyptiacus). | marburg virus (marburg marburgvirus; marv) causes sporadic outbreaks of marburg hemorrhagic fever (mhf) in africa. the egyptian fruit bat (rousettus aegyptiacus) has been identified as a natural reservoir based most-recently on the repeated isolation of marv directly from bats caught at two locations in southwestern uganda where miners and tourists separately contracted mhf from 2007-08. despite learning much about the ecology of marv through extensive field investigations, there remained unansw ... | 2015 | 25375951 |
| host and viral traits predict zoonotic spillover from mammals. | the majority of human emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic, with viruses that originate in wild mammals of particular concern (for example, hiv, ebola and sars). understanding patterns of viral diversity in wildlife and determinants of successful cross-species transmission, or spillover, are therefore key goals for pandemic surveillance programs. however, few analytical tools exist to identify which host species are likely to harbour the next human virus, or which viruses can cross species ... | 2017 | 28636590 |