In the shadows of Python Cave, Uganda, a leopard leaps from a guano mound—formed by bat excrement—and sinks its teeth into a ...

Scientists don’t know the natural reservoir of Ebola, but they suspect the first person infected in an outbreak acquired the virus through contact with an infected animal or eating its raw meat.

Scientists don't know the natural reservoir of Ebola, but they suspect the first person infected in an outbreak acquired the virus through contact with an infected animal or eating its raw meat.

Scientists don’t know the natural reservoir of Ebola, but they suspect the first person infected in an outbreak acquired the virus through contact with an infected animal or eating its raw meat.

Democratic Republic of Congo authorities are investigating 12 possible cases of the deadly Ebola virus in its northwest, Africa's main health body said on Thursday, though first tests had come up ...

It’s a zoonotic disease (animal-borne) though the natural reservoir host of Ebola virus remains unknown. However, bats are the most likely reservoir. What are the symptoms of Ebola?

Congo’s dense tropical forests are a natural reservoir for the Ebola virus, which causes fever, body aches, and diarrhoea. The country has recorded 14 outbreaks since 1976.

A new case of Ebola virus has been confirmed in the city of Beni in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the country's National Institute for Biomedical Research (INRB) said on Monday.

Ebola hemorrhagic fever is considered a classic zoonotic disease with the persistence of the Ebola virus in a reservoir species. Image Credit: Valeniker / Shutterstock.com The exact source of ...

Ebola is a zoonotic pathogen, meaning that the virus is maintained in a wild animal species or reservoir. ... Ebola seems to have been in a lull with no reported human cases between 1980 and 1993.

Guinea has officially declared that it is dealing with an Ebola epidemic after the deaths of at least three people from the virus. They - and four others - fell ill with diarrhoea, vomiting and ...