Spillover of ebolaviruses into people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo prior to the 2018 Ebola virus disease outbreak

• Main Authors: Tracey Goldstein (Author), Manjunatha N. Belaganahalli (Author), Eddy K. Syaluha (Author), Jean-Paul K. Lukusa (Author), Denise J. Greig (Author), Simon J. Anthony (Author), Alexandre Tremeau-Bravard (Author), Riddhi Thakkar (Author), Adrian Caciula (Author), Nischay Mishra (Author), W. Ian Lipkin (Author), Jasjeet K. Dhanota (Author), Brett R. Smith (Author), Victoria M. Ontiveros (Author), Nistara Randhawa (Author), Michael Cranfield (Author), Christine K. Johnson (Author), Kirsten V. Gilardi (Author), Jonna A. K. Mazet (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background The second largest Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak began in the Democratic Republic of Congo in July 2018 in North Kivu Province. Data suggest the outbreak is not epidemiologically linked to the 2018 outbreak in Equateur Province, and that independent introduction of Ebola vir...