Serological Evidence of Ebola Virus Infection in Indonesian Orangutans

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 7; no. 7; p. e40740
• Main Authors: Nidom, Chairul A., Nakayama, Eri, Nidom, Reviany V., Alamudi, Mohamad Y., Daulay, Syafril, Dharmayanti, Indi N. L. P., Dachlan, Yoes P., Amin, Mohamad, Igarashi, Manabu, Miyamoto, Hiroko, Yoshida, Reiko, Takada, Ayato
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 18.07.2012; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Animals; Antibodies; Antibodies, Viral - blood; Antigen-antibody reactions; Antigens; Ape Diseases - blood; Ape Diseases - epidemiology; Ape Diseases - immunology; Ape Diseases - virology; Bats; Biology; Cross-reactivity; Domestic animals; Ebola virus; Ebolavirus; Ebolavirus - immunology; Ebolavirus - physiology; Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; Epidemiology; Female; Fever; Filoviridae; Glycoproteins; Hemorrhagic fever; Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - blood; Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - immunology; Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - veterinary; Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - virology; Humans; Immunoblotting; Immunoglobulin G; Immunoglobulin G - blood; Indonesia - epidemiology; Infection; Infections; Male; Marburg virus disease; Marburgvirus; Medicine; Monkeys & apes; Orangutans; Pongo - blood; Pongo - virology; Pongo pygmaeus; Primates; Proteins; Risk assessment; Seroepidemiologic Studies; Species; Species Specificity; Tropical diseases; Veterinary Science; Viruses; Indonesia; Asia; Philippines; East Africa

Ebola virus (EBOV) and Marburg virus (MARV) belong to the family Filoviridae and cause severe hemorrhagic fever in humans and nonhuman primates. Despite the discovery of EBOV (Reston virus) in nonhuman primates and domestic pigs in the Philippines and the serological evidence for its infection of hu...