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Freetown (AFP) – A new Ebola virus has been discovered in bats in Sierra Leone, two years after the end of an epidemic that has claimed more than 11,000 lives in West Africa the government said Thursday.
It is known whether the new species of Bombali virus – which researchers say could be pbaded on to humans – can become the deadly disease of Ebola.
"It is not yet known whether the Bombali Ebola virus was transmitted Amara Jambai, a senior official of the Ministry of Health, told AFP:" This is an early stage of discoveries, "he said. added Jambai, calling to people or if it causes diseases in humans.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Health and a researcher who worked on the discovery confirmed the results at AFP [19659005TheresearcherswhofoundthenewvirusinthenorthernregionofBombaliarenowworkingwiththeGovernmentofSierraLeonetoHaroldHopkinsspokesmanfortheMinistryofHealthtoldAFP:"Asaprecautionpeopleshouldrefrainfromeatingbats"
The outbreak in West Africa was caused by the Zaire species, which has historically been the most in humans since its identification in 1976.
This epidemic He has killed more than two neighboring countries in West Africa, Liberia and Sierra Leone. According to estimates of the World Health Organization, 11,300 people out of nearly 29,000 registered cases
The WHO reported the outbreak in January this year, but it was followed outbreaks in all three countries.
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