Isolation and partial characterisation of a new strain of Ebola virus.
We have isolated a new strain of Ebola virus from a non-fatal human case infected during the autopsy of a wild chimpanzee in the Côte-d'Ivoire. The wild troop to which this animal belonged has been decimated by outbreaks of haemorrhagic syndromes. This is the first time that a human infection has been connected to naturally-infected monkeys in Africa. Data from the long-term survey of this troop of chimpanzees could answer questions about the natural reservoir of the Ebola virus.
Le Guenno
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B
WHO Collaborating Center for Arboviruses and Haemorragic Fevers, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
Formenty
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P
Formentry
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P
Wyers
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M
Gounon
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P
Walker
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F
Boesch
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C
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D018420:Ape Diseases / Q000401:mortality / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D001344:Autopsy / Q000662:veterinary; D007560:Cote d'Ivoire; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary; D029043:Ebolavirus / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006482:Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral / Q000401:mortality / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D002679:Pan troglodytes; D015047:Zoonoses
D000914:Antibodies, Viral