First Ebola-like virus native to Europe discovered

Friday, October 21, 2011 - 03:31 in Biology & Nature

A team of international researchers has discovered a new Ebola-like virus – Lloviu virus -- in bats from northern Spain. Lloviu virus is the first known filovirus native to Europe, they report in a study published in the journal PLOS Pathogens on Octobr 20th.

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