title: Experimental inoculation of plants and animals with Ebola virus.
abstract: Thirty-three varieties of 24 species of plants and 19 species of vertebrates and invertebrates were experimentally inoculated with Ebola Zaire virus. Fruit and insectivorous bats supported replication and circulation of high titers of virus without necessarily becoming ill; deaths occurred only among bats that had not adapted to the diet fed in the laboratory.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Virology, Sandringham, South Africa.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Swanepoel
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Leman
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Burt
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Zachariades
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Braack
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Ksiazek
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Rollin
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Zaki
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Peters
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001000:Ants; D001001:Anura; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000821:virology; D003058:Cockroaches; D010856:Columbidae; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D029043:Ebolavirus / Q000254:growth & development*; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007313:Insecta; D051379:Mice; D010944:Plants; D012104:Reptiles; D012908:Snails; D012911:Snakes; D013112:Spiders; D014426:Turtles