The evolution of Ebola virus: Insights from the 2013–2016 epidemic

EC Holmes, G Dudas, A Rambaut, KG Andersen - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
The 2013–2016 epidemic of Ebola virus disease in West Africa was of unprecedented
magnitude and changed our perspective on this lethal but sporadically emerging virus. This …

Filoviruses in bats: current knowledge and future directions

KJ Olival, DTS Hayman - Viruses, 2014 - mdpi.com
Filoviruses, including Ebolavirus and Marburgvirus, pose significant threats to public health
and species conservation by causing hemorrhagic fever outbreaks with high mortality rates …

Resurgence of Ebola virus in 2021 in Guinea suggests a new paradigm for outbreaks

AK Keita, FR Koundouno, M Faye, A Düx, J Hinzmann… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Seven years after the declaration of the first epidemic of Ebola virus disease in Guinea, the
country faced a new outbreak—between 14 February and 19 June 2021—near the …

Genomic surveillance elucidates Ebola virus origin and transmission during the 2014 outbreak

SK Gire, A Goba, KG Andersen, RSG Sealfon, DJ Park… - science, 2014 - science.org
In its largest outbreak, Ebola virus disease is spreading through Guinea, Liberia, Sierra
Leone, and Nigeria. We sequenced 99 Ebola virus genomes from 78 patients in Sierra …

Mapping the zoonotic niche of Ebola virus disease in Africa

DM Pigott, N Golding, A Mylne, Z Huang, AJ Henry… - elife, 2014 - elifesciences.org
Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a complex zoonosis that is highly virulent in humans. The
largest recorded outbreak of EVD is ongoing in West Africa, outside of its previously reported …

The 2014 Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa

D Gatherer - Journal of general virology, 2014 - microbiologyresearch.org
On 23 March 2014, the World Health Organization issued its first communiqué on a new
outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD), which began in December 2013 in Guinée …

Assessing the evidence supporting fruit bats as the primary reservoirs for Ebola viruses

SAJ Leendertz, JF Gogarten, A Düx… - EcoHealth, 2016 - Springer
Since their discovery 40 years ago, Ebola viruses (in the following: EBOV; family Filoviridae,
genus Ebolavirus) continue to emerge unpredictably and cause Ebola virus disease (EVD) …

A novel rhabdovirus associated with acute hemorrhagic fever in central Africa

G Grard, JN Fair, D Lee, E Slikas, I Steffen… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Deep sequencing was used to discover a novel rhabdovirus (Bas-Congo virus, or BASV)
associated with a 2009 outbreak of 3 human cases of acute hemorrhagic fever in Mangala …

Molecular evolution of viruses of the family Filoviridae based on 97 whole-genome sequences

SA Carroll, JS Towner, TK Sealy, LK McMullan… - Journal of …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Viruses in the Ebolavirus and Marburgvirus genera (family Filoviridae) have been
associated with large outbreaks of hemorrhagic fever in human and nonhuman primates …

Outbreaks of Ebola virus disease in Africa: the beginnings of a tragic saga

JP Chippaux - Journal of venomous animals and toxins including …, 2014 - SciELO Brasil
The tremendous outbreak of Ebola virus disease occurring in West Africa since the end of
2013 surprises by its remoteness from previous epidemics and dramatic extent. This review …