Ebola Species Found in Bats Ahead of Any Potential Outbreak

Monday, August 27, 2018 - 15:10 in Biology & Nature

For the first time, scientists discovered a new ebolavirus species in a host prior to detection in an infected human or sick animal. The discovery of the Bombali virus in bats in Sierra Leone and the sequencing of the complete genome was officially published today in the journal Nature Microbiology. The Sierra Leone government announced […]

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