The recent emergence of Zaire ebolavirus in West Africa has come as a surprise in a region more commonly known for its endemic Lassa fever, another viral hemorrhagic fever caused by an Old World arenavirus. Yet the region has seen previous ebolavirus activity. In the mid-1990s, scientists discovered Côte d'Ivoire ebolavirus (now known as Taï Forest ebolavirus) as a cause of a single reported nonfatal case in a researcher who performed a necropsy on an infected chimpanzee.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/ebola-%E2%80%94-growing-threat
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/heinz-feldmann
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/new-england-journal-medicine
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/viral-diseases
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/diagnostic-methods
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/infectious-diseases
