@article{fdi:010042173,
  title = {{W}ild animal mortality monitoring and human {E}bola outbreaks, {G}abon and {R}epublic of {C}ongo, 2001-2003},
  author = {{R}ouquet, {P}. and {F}roment, {J}.{M}. and {B}ermejo, {M}. and {K}ilbourn, {A}. and {K}aresh, {W}. and {R}eed, {P}. and {K}umulungui, {B}. and {Y}aba, {P}. and {D}elicat, {A}. and {R}ollin, {P}.{E}. and {L}eroy, {E}ric},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A}ll human {E}bola virus outbreaks during 2001-2003 in the forest zone between {G}abon and {R}epublic of {C}ongo resulted from handling infected wild animal carcasses. {A}fter the first outbreak, we created an {A}nimal {M}ortality {M}onitoring {N}etwork in collaboration with the {G}abonese and {C}ongolese {M}inistries of {F}orestry and {E}nvironment and wildlife organizations ({W}ildlife {C}onservation {S}ociety and {P}rogramme de {C}onservation et {U}tilisation {R}ationnelle des {E}cosystemes {F}orestiers en {A}frique {C}entrale) to predict and possibly prevent human {E}bola outbreaks. {S}ince {A}ugust 2001, 98 wild animal carcasses have been recovered by the network, including 65 great apes. {A}nalysis of 21 carcasses found that 10 gorillas, 3 chimpanzees, and 1 duiker tested positive for {E}bola virus. {W}ild animal outbreaks began before each of the 5 human {E}bola outbreaks. {T}wice we alerted the health authorities to an imminent risk for human outbreaks, weeks before they occurred.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{E}merging {I}nfectious {D}iseases},
  volume = {11},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {283--290},
  ISSN = {1080-6040},
  year = {2005},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010042173},
}