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Ebola antibodies in Zambia bats match W. African virus species

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Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-blm-news-bc-ebola27-20150327-story.html


Ebola antibodies in Zambia bats match W. African virus species
By Matthew Hill, Bloomberg News Bloomberg

LUSAKA ? Ebola antibodies found in bats in Zambia seem to show that the species of the disease they have been exposed to match outbreaks as far as 5,000 kilometers (3,100 miles) away, including the one that's killed more than 10,000 people in West Africa.

A study, conducted by scientists including Hokkaido University's Professor Ayato Takada and published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases last week, found the transition of the antibodies for the virus family that includes Ebola coincided with flare-ups in humans from 2005 to 2013. Data for 2014 is still being analyzed.

Scientists are still analyzing samples from last year so they cannot definitively say they coincide with the latest Ebola outbreak, Takada said...
 
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