@article{fdi:010053910,
  title = {{E}mergence of divergent {Z}aire ebola virus strains in {D}emocratic {R}epublic of the {C}ongo in 2007 and 2008},
  author = {{G}rard, {G}. and {B}iek, {R}. and {T}amfum, {J}. {J}. {M}. and {F}air, {J}. and {W}olfe, {N}. and {F}ormenty, {P}. and {P}aweska, {J}. and {L}eroy, {E}ric},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{M}ethods. {V}iruses of each outbreak were isolated and the full-length genomes were characterized. {P}hylogenetic analysis was then undertaken to characterize the relationships with previously described viruses. {R}esults. {T}he 2 {L}uebo viruses are nearly identical but are not related to lineage {A} viruses known in {DRC} or to descendants of the lineage {B} viruses encountered in the {G}abon-{R}epublic of the {C}ongo area, with which they do, however, share a common ancestor. {C}onclusions. {O}ur findings strongly suggest that the {L}uebo 2007 outbreak did not result from viral spread from previously identified foci but from an independent viral emergence. {T}he previously identified epidemiological link with migratory bat species known to carry {Z}aire ebolavirus {RNA} support the hypothesis of viral spillover from this widely dispersed reservoir. {T}he high level of similarity between the {L}uebo2007 and {L}uebo2008 viruses suggests that local wildlife populations (most likely bats) became infected and allowed local viral persistence and reemergence from year to year.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {I}nfectious {D}iseases},
  volume = {204},
  numero = {{S}uppl. 3},
  pages = {{S}776--{S}784},
  ISSN = {0022-1899},
  year = {2011},
  DOI = {10.1093/infdis/jir364},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010053910},
}