Author: Leah Rosenbaum / Source: Science News
A new species of Ebola virus has been discovered in bats in Sierra Leone, the country’s government announced July 26.
Researchers looking to identify new viruses before the pathogens spill over into human populations found the new Ebola strain while sampling bats in the northern Bombali district. This is the sixth known species of the virus.RNA analysis of the virus revealed that it is “definitely related to other Ebola viruses,” says Tracey Goldstein, a pathologist at University of California, Davis, who is with the…
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