Over 20 countries environmentally suitable for Ebola transmission by bats

Thursday, July 14, 2016 - 16:31 in Biology & Nature

Updates to the zoonotic niche map of Ebola virus disease in Africa by David Pigott et al. Though the West African Ebola outbreak that began in 2013 is now under control, 23 countries remain environmentally suitable for animal-to-human transmission of the Ebola virus. Only seven of these countries have experienced cases of Ebola, leaving the remaining 16 countries potentially unaware of regions of suitability, and therefore underprepared for future outbreaks.

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