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Volume 26, Number 9—September 2020
Dispatch

Role of Wildlife in Emergence of Ebola Virus in Kaigbono (Likati), Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2017

Sophie Gryseels1Comments to Author , Placide Mbala-Kingebeni1, Innocent Akonda, Roger Angoyo, Ahidjo Ayouba, Pascal Baelo, Daniel Bamuleka Mukadi, Elie Bugentho, Trenton Bushmaker, Christelle Butel, Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer, Eric Delaporte, Birgit De Smet, Ariane Düx, François Edidi-Atani, Robert Fischer, Corneille Kahandi, Jimmy Kapetshi, Servet Kimbonza Sumba, Léonce Kouadio, André Malekani Bendeke, Claude Mande, Guy Midingi Sepolo, Joseph Moudindo, Eitel Mpoudi Ngole, Prescott Musaba, Patrick Mutombo, Innocent Ndong Bass, Casimir Nebesse, Steve Ngoy, Simon-Pierre Ndimbo Kumogo, Stephanie N. Seifert, Jacques Tanzito, Dudu Akaibe, Nicaise Amundala, Kevin K. Ariën, Guy-Crispin Gembu, Fabian H. Leendertz, Herwig Leirs, Jean-Claude Mukinzi, Vincent Munster, Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, Martine Peeters, Erik Verheyen, and Steve Ahuka-Mundeke
Author affiliations: University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA (S. Gryseels); KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (S. Gryseels); University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium (S. Gryseels, H. Leirs, E. Verheyen); Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France (P. Mbala-Kingebeni, A. Ayouba, C. Butel, E. Delaporte, J. Moudindo, E. Mpoudi Ngole, I. Ndong Bass, M. Peeters); Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (P. Mbala-Kingebeni, F. Edidi-Atani, J. Kapetshi, S. Kimbonza Sumba, G. Midingi Sepolo, D. Bamuleka Mukadi, S.P. Ndimbo Kumogo, J.J. Muyembe-Tamfum, S. Ahuka-Mundeke); Division Provinciale de la Sante, Buta (Bas-Uele), Democratic Republic of the Congo (I. Akonda); Programme National de Lutte Contre le Sida, Buta (I. Akonda); Centre de Surveillance de la Biodiversité, Kisangani, Democratice Republic of the Congo (R. Angoyo, P. Baelo, E. Bugentho, C. Kahandi, A. Malekani Bendeke, C. Mande, P. Musaba, P. Mutombo, C. Nebesse, S. Ngoy, J. Tanzito, D. Akaibe, N. Amundala, G.C. Gembu, J.C. Mukinzi); National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, USA (T. Bushmaker, R. Fischer, S.N. Seifert, V. Munster); Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany (S. Calvignac-Spencer, A. Düx, L. Kouadio, D. Bamuleka Mukadi, F.H. Leendertz); Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp (B. De Smet, K.K. Ariën); Laboratoire Central de la Pathologie Animale, Bingerville, Côte d’Ivoire (L. Kouadio); University of Kisangani, Kisangani (C. Mande, P. Musaba, C. Nebesse, D. Akaibe, N. Amundala, G.C. Gembu, J.C. Mukinzi); Centre de Recherches sur les Maladies Émergentes, Re-émergentes et la Médecine Nucléaire, Yaoundé, Cameroon (J. Moudindo, E. Mpoudi Ngole, I. Ndong Bass); Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium (E. Verheyen)

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Figure 2

Abundance distribution of mammal species tested for Ebola virus and Sudan virus RNA using quantitative RT-PCR and for antibodies against ebolaviruses using the Luminex assay (Luminex Corporation, https://www.luminexcorp.com), for the set of specimens sampled in and around Kaigbono (Likati Health Zone, the Democratic Republic of the Congo) in 2017 that were determined to the species level. Each successfully tested environmental fecal sample is assumed to represent a single Eidolon helvum bat spec

Figure 2. Abundance distribution of mammal species tested for Ebola virus and Sudan virus RNA using quantitative RT-PCR and for antibodies against ebolaviruses using the Luminex assay (Luminex Corporation, https://www.luminexcorp.com), for the set of specimens sampled in and around Kaigbono (Likati Health Zone, the Democratic Republic of the Congo) in 2017 that were determined to the species level. Each successfully tested environmental fecal sample is assumed to represent a single Eidolon helvum bat specimen (full descriptions available in Appendix Table). RT-PCR, reverse transcription PCR.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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