Bombali ebolavirus
Bombali ebolavirus | |
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Virus classification | |
Group: | Group V ((−)ssRNA) |
Order: | Mononegavirales |
Family: | Filoviridae |
Genus: | Ebolavirus |
Species: | unassigned |
Bombali ebolavirus is a newly discovered strain of Ebolavirus, first reported on 27 July 2018.[1] It was discovered by a research team from the U.S. in the western Africa country of Sierra Leone.[2][3] The virus was found in the Angolan free-tailed bat and the Little free-tailed bat.[4] Bombali ebolavirus has the capacity to infect human cells, although it had not yet been shown to be pathogenic.[5][6]
Species organization and history
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Ebolavirus and Marburgvirus are genera in the family Filoviridae.[7]
In 1976 in Sudan, Sudan ebolavirus became the first species of Ebolavirus to be discovered.[8] Later that year, the Zaire ebolavirus species was discovered.[9]
In 1989, the Reston ebolavirus species was discovered in the Philippines[10] (the U.S. would later be introduced to the strain in quarantine) however no fatalities occurred though 4 people developed antibodies to the virus.[11][12][13]
The Taï Forest ebolavirus species was discovered in 1995 in Ivory Coast.[14]
The Bundibugyo ebolavirus species was discovered during an outbreak in Uganda in 2007 that had a mortality rate of 40 percent.[15]
See also
References
- ↑ "Ministry of Health Sierra Leone" (PDF). Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- ↑ "New Ebola species is reported for first time in a decade - STAT". statnews.com. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- ↑ "New Ebola virus strain found in Sierra Leone". reliefweb.int. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- ↑ Rosenbaum, Leah (27 July 2018). "A new Ebola species has been found in bats in Sierra Leone". sciencenews.org. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ↑ "New Ebola virus found in Sierra Leone, govt says". punchng.com. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ↑ "Scientists in West Africa are warning that a new strain of Ebola could infect humans". newsweek.com. 28 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ↑ Kuhn, Jens H.; Becker, Stephan; Ebihara, Hideki; Geisbert, Thomas W.; Johnson, Karl M.; Kawaoka, Yoshihiro; Lipkin, W. Ian; Negredo, Ana I.; Netesov, Sergey V.; Nichol, Stuart T.; Palacios, Gustavo; Peters, Clarence J.; Tenorio, Antonio; Volchkov, Viktor E.; Jahrling, Peter B. (December 2010). "Proposal for a revised taxonomy of the family Filoviridae: classification, names of taxa and viruses, and virus abbreviations". Archives of Virology. 155 (12): 2083–2103. doi:10.1007/s00705-010-0814-x. ISSN 0304-8608. PMC 3074192.
- ↑ Report of a WHO/International Study Team (1978). "Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Sudan, 1976". Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 56 (2): 247–270. ISSN 0042-9686. PMC 2395561.
- ↑ Breman, Joel G.; Heymann, David L.; Lloyd, Graham; McCormick, Joseph B.; Miatudila, Malonga; Murphy, Frederick A.; Muyembé-Tamfun, Jean-Jacques; Piot, Peter; Ruppol, Jean-François; Sureau, Pierre; van der Groen, Guido; Johnson, Karl M. (29 June 2016). "Discovery and Description of Ebola Zaire Virus in 1976 and Relevance to the West African Epidemic During 2013–2016". Journal of Infectious Diseases. 214 (suppl 3): S93–S101. doi:10.1093/infdis/jiw207. ISSN 0022-1899. Retrieved 28 July 2018. Subscription required
- ↑ Miranda, Mary E. G.; White, Mark E.; Dayrit, Manuel M.; Hayes, Curtis G.; Ksiazek, Thomas G.; Burans, James P. (February 1991). "Seroepidemiological study of filovirus related to Ebola in the Philippines". The Lancet. 337 (8738): 425–426. doi:10.1016/0140-6736(91)91199-5. ISSN 0140-6736. Retrieved 28 July 2018. – via ScienceDirect (Subscription may be required or content may be available in libraries.)
- ↑ Geisbert, T. W; Jahrling, P. B. (October 1990). "Use of immunoelectron microscopy to show Ebola virus during the 1989 United States epizootic". Journal of Clinical Pathology. 43 (10): 813–816. ISSN 0021-9746. PMC 502829.
- ↑ "Epidemiologic Notes and ReportsUpdate: Filovirus Infection in Animal Handlers". www.cdc.gov. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ↑ Jahrling, P.B; Geisbert, T.W; Johnson, E.D; Peters, C.J; Dalgard, D.W; Hall, W.C (3 March 1990). "Preliminary report: isolation of Ebola virus from monkeys imported to USA". The Lancet. 335 (8688): 502–505. doi:10.1016/0140-6736(90)90737-P. ISSN 0140-6736.
- ↑ Le Guenno, B.; Formenty, P.; Formentry, P.; Wyers, M.; Gounon, P.; Walker, F.; Boesch, C. (20 May 1995). "Isolation and partial characterisation of a new strain of Ebola virus". The Lancet. 345 (8960): 1271–1274. ISSN 0140-6736. PMID 7746057.
- ↑ MacNeil, Adam; Farnon, Eileen C.; Wamala, Joseph; Okware, Sam; Cannon, Deborah L.; Reed, Zachary; Towner, Jonathan S.; Tappero, Jordan W.; Lutwama, Julius; Downing, Robert; Nichol, Stuart T.; Ksiazek, Thomas G.; Rollin, Pierre E. (December 2010). "Proportion of Deaths and Clinical Features in Bundibugyo Ebola Virus Infection, Uganda". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 16 (12): 1969–1972. doi:10.3201/eid1612.100627.
External links
- "Ministry of Health Sierra Leone". Retrieved 27 July 2018.