Abstract
Ebola Virus Antibodies in Fruit Bats, Ghana, West Africa
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Ebola Virus Antibodies in Fruit Bats, Ghana, West Africa
Each Western blot (WB)-positive serum sample was positive for the Ebola viruses (EBOVs) antigen that it had been most reactive against in the ELISA: 5 WB test results were positive for Zaire EBOV (ZEBOV) (2 of those samples bound to Reston EBOV (REBOV)), and 2 bound to REBOV only
Previous serum and viral antigen tests indicated the presence of EBOV among 2 of these bat species (E. franqueti and H. monstrosus) in Gabon, located in central Africa [6]
Summary
Ebola Virus Antibodies in Fruit Bats, Ghana, West Africa In 2008, we detected Zaire EBOV (ZEBOV) antibodies in a single migratory fruit bat (Eidolon helvum) from a roost in Accra, Ghana [1]. To understand whether the single seropositive Eidolon helvum bat was evidence of EBOV circulation in the Greater Accra Region or elsewhere in sub-Saharan Africa, we tested serum of 88 nonmigratory fruit bats from the surrounding region of Ghana.
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