Experimental inoculation of plants and animals with Ebola virus.

Emerging infectious diseases ·Vol. 2 ·No. 4 ·1996-00-00 ·Pages 321-5

Swanepoel R, Leman PA, Burt FJ, Zachariades NA, Braack LE, Ksiazek TG, Rollin PE, Zaki SR, Peters CJ

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.

MeSH Terms

Animals Ants Anura Chiroptera/virology Cockroaches Columbidae Disease Reservoirs Ebolavirus/growth & development Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola/epidemiology,transmission,virology Immunohistochemistry Insecta Mice Plants Reptiles Snails Snakes Spiders Turtles

Authors & Affiliations

9 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Swanepoel R

National Institute for Virology, Sandringham, South Africa.

Leman P A

Burt F J

Zachariades N A

Braack L E

Ksiazek T G

Rollin P E

Zaki S R

Peters C J

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Article Info

Journal

Emerging infectious diseases

Abbr.

Emerg Infect Dis

ISSN

1080-6040

DOI

10.3201/eid0204.960407

Published

1996-00-00

Pages

321-5

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

9508155

PMCID

PMC2639914

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.3201/eid0204.960407 PMC Full Text View journal details

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