Fruit bats as reservoirs of Ebola virus Export

@article{citeulike:416460, abstract = {The first recorded human outbreak of Ebola virus was in 1976, but the wild reservoir of this virus is still unknown1. Here we test for Ebola in more than a thousand small vertebrates that were collected during Ebola outbreaks in humans and great apes between 2001 and 2003 in Gabon and the Republic of the Congo. We find evidence of asymptomatic infection by Ebola virus in three species of fruit bat, indicating that these animals may be acting as a reservoir for this deadly virus.}, author = {Leroy, Eric M. and Kumulungui, Brice and Pourrut, Xavier and Rouquet, Pierre and Hassanin, Alexandre and Yaba, Philippe and D\'{e}licat, Andr\'{e} and Paweska, Janusz T. and Gonzalez, Jean-Paul and Swanepoel, Robert}, citeulike-article-id = {416460}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/438575a}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/438575a}, day = {30}, doi = {10.1038/438575a}, issn = {0028-0836}, journal = {Nature}, keywords = {bats, congo, disease, ebola, epidemiology, gabon}, month = {November}, number = {7068}, pages = {575--576}, posted-at = {2005-12-01 13:42:56}, priority = {0}, publisher = {Nature Publishing Group}, title = {Fruit bats as reservoirs of Ebola virus}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/438575a}, volume = {438}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:416460 L3 - citeulike-article-id:416460 N2 - The first recorded human outbreak of Ebola virus was in 1976, but the wild reservoir of this virus is still unknown1. Here we test for Ebola in more than a thousand small vertebrates that were collected during Ebola outbreaks in humans and great apes between 2001 and 2003 in Gabon and the Republic of the Congo. We find evidence of asymptomatic infection by Ebola virus in three species of fruit bat, indicating that these animals may be acting as a reservoir for this deadly virus. IS - 7068 JF - Nature SN - 0028-0836 EP - 576 TI - Fruit bats as reservoirs of Ebola virus PB - Nature Publishing Group VL - 438 SP - 575 KW - bats KW - congo KW - disease KW - ebola KW - epidemiology KW - gabon AU - Leroy, Eric AU - Kumulungui, Brice AU - Pourrut, Xavier AU - Rouquet, Pierre AU - Hassanin, Alexandre AU - Yaba, Philippe AU - Délicat, André AU - Paweska, Janusz AU - Gonzalez, Jean-Paul AU - Swanepoel, Robert PY - 2005/11/30/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/438575a ER -