Experimental Infection of Bundibugyo Virus in Domestic Swine Leads to Viral Shedding with Evidence of Intraspecies Transmission

The Ebolavirus genus contains several of the deadliest zoonotic viruses known. One of these, Bundibugyo virus (BDBV), has been the causative agent of two outbreaks of human disease that have resulted in 211 known cases with a case fatality rate of 33.6%. Although bats are routinely implicated as the...

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Published in:	Transboundary and emerging diseases Vol. 2024; no. 1; p. 5350769
Main Authors:	Lewis, Charles E., Pinette, Mathieu M., Lakin, Steven M., Smith, Greg, Fisher, Mathew, Moffat, Estella, Embury-Hyatt, Carissa, Pickering, Brad S.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Germany Hindawi 2024 John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Subjects:	Animals Domestic animals Ebola virus Ebolavirus Epidemics Epidemiology Experimental infection Filoviridae - physiology Filoviridae Infections - transmission Filoviridae Infections - veterinary Filoviridae Infections - virology Food security Genomes Health risks Hogs Humans Infections Outbreaks Pathogenesis Pathogens Public health Swine Swine Diseases - transmission Swine Diseases - virology Viral diseases Virus Shedding Viruses Zoonoses Uganda Sudan
ISSN:	1865-1674, 1865-1682, 1865-1682
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