Ebola Species Found in Bats Ahead of Any Potential Outbreak
For the first time, scientists discovered a new ebolavirus species in a host prior to detection in an infected human or sick animal. This discovery Illustrates PREDICT project’s goal to find viruses before they spill over into people. This finding of the Bombali virus in bats in Sierra Leone and the sequencing of the complete genome was officially published in the journal Nature Microbiology. The Sierra Leone government announced preliminary findings in late July.