A team of scientists has discovered a Liberian bats with the strain of the virus, "Ebola"

Sharjah 24 – Ona:

A team of scientists has discovered a Liberian bat in the north-east of the country, carrying the Ebola strain at the root of recent outbreaks of the virus, the first discovery of the virus in bats in Africa. 39; West.

The bats carrying the disease had already been discovered in Central Africa. Scientists have long suspected the Ebola virus and some human diseases in other parts of West Africa, but this was not the case, the New York Times reported Saturday. . Until now, bats carrying the strain of pandemic virus known as Ebola Zaire virus have been discovered in West Africa. This discovery will help scientists better understand how humans are infected with the virus.

Although the virus was discovered in Liberia, no human cases have been reported to Ebola since 2016. The team has not established a link between bat discovery and cases d & # 39; infection.

The research team is comprised of members from the Liberian government, Columbia University, the University of California, and the non-profit Davies and Eco-Health Alliance.