Biology:Bombali ebolavirus

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Bombali ebolavirus
Virus classification
Group:
Group V ((−)ssRNA)
Order:
Mononegavirales
Family:
Filoviridae
Genus:
Ebolavirus
Species:
unassigned

Bombali ebolavirus is a newly discovered strain of Ebolavirus, first reported on 27 July 2018.[1] It was discovered by a research team from the U.S. in the western Africa country of Sierra Leone.[2][3] The virus was found in the Angolan free-tailed bat and the Little free-tailed bat.[4] Bombali ebolavirus has the capacity to infect human cells, although it had not yet been shown to be pathogenic.[5][6]

Species organization and history

Phylogenetic tree comparing ebolaviruses and marburgviruses. Numbers indicate percent confidence of branches(prior to Bombali ebolavirus discovery)
Ebola virus 1976

Ebolavirus and Marburgvirus are genera in the family Filoviridae.[7]

In 1976 in Sudan, Sudan ebolavirus became the first species of Ebolavirus to be discovered.[8] Later that year, the Zaire ebolavirus species was discovered.[9]

In 1989, the Reston ebolavirus species was discovered in the Philippines[10] (the U.S. would later be introduced to the strain in quarantine) however no fatalities occurred though 4 people developed antibodies to the virus.[11][12][13]

The Taï Forest ebolavirus species was discovered in 1995 in Ivory Coast.[14]

The Bundibugyo ebolavirus species was discovered during an outbreak in Uganda in 2007 that had a mortality rate of 40 percent.[15]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Ministry of Health Sierra Leone". http://www.thesierraleonetelegraph.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Ministry-of-Health-Sierra-Leone-new-strain-of-Ebola-virus-found.pdf. Retrieved 27 July 2018. 
  2. ↑ "New Ebola species is reported for first time in a decade - STAT". 27 July 2018. https://www.statnews.com/2018/07/27/ebola-virus-discovery/. Retrieved 27 July 2018. 
  3. ↑ "New Ebola virus strain found in Sierra Leone" (in en). https://reliefweb.int/report/sierra-leone/new-ebola-virus-strain-found-sierra-leone. Retrieved 27 July 2018. 
  4. ↑ Rosenbaum, Leah (27 July 2018). "A new Ebola species has been found in bats in Sierra Leone" (in en). https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/new-ebola-virus-species-bats-sierra-leone. Retrieved 28 July 2018. 
  5. ↑ "New Ebola virus found in Sierra Leone, govt says". https://punchng.com/new-ebola-virus-found-in-sierra-leone-govt-says/. Retrieved 28 July 2018. 
  6. ↑ "Scientists in West Africa are warning that a new strain of Ebola could infect humans." (in en). 28 July 2018. https://www.newsweek.com/scientists-warn-new-ebola-strain-found-west-africa-has-potential-infect-1046701. Retrieved 28 July 2018. 
  7. ↑ Kuhn, Jens H.; Becker, Stephan; Ebihara, Hideki; Geisbert, Thomas W.; Johnson, Karl M.; Kawaoka, Yoshihiro; Lipkin, W. Ian; Negredo, Ana I. et al. (December 2010). "Proposal for a revised taxonomy of the family Filoviridae: classification, names of taxa and viruses, and virus abbreviations". Archives of Virology 155 (12): 2083–2103. doi:10.1007/s00705-010-0814-x. ISSN 0304-8608. 
  8. ↑ Report of a WHO/International Study Team (1978). "Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Sudan, 1976". Bulletin of the World Health Organization 56 (2): 247–270. ISSN 0042-9686. 
  9. ↑ Breman, Joel G.; Heymann, David L.; Lloyd, Graham; McCormick, Joseph B.; Miatudila, Malonga; Murphy, Frederick A.; Muyembé-Tamfun, Jean-Jacques; Piot, Peter et al. (29 June 2016). "Discovery and Description of Ebola Zaire Virus in 1976 and Relevance to the West African Epidemic During 2013–2016" (in en). Journal of Infectious Diseases 214 (suppl 3): S93–S101. doi:10.1093/infdis/jiw207. ISSN 0022-1899. https://academic.oup.com/jid/article-abstract/214/suppl_3/S93/2388104?redirectedFrom=fulltext. Retrieved 28 July 2018. Subscription required
  10. ↑ Miranda, Mary E. G.; White, Mark E.; Dayrit, Manuel M.; Hayes, Curtis G.; Ksiazek, Thomas G.; Burans, James P. (February 1991). "Seroepidemiological study of filovirus related to Ebola in the Philippines" (in English). The Lancet 337 (8738): 425–426. doi:10.1016/0140-6736(91)91199-5. ISSN 0140-6736. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PII0140-6736(91)91199-5/abstract. Retrieved 28 July 2018.  – via ScienceDirect (Subscription may be required or content may be available in libraries.)
  11. ↑ Geisbert, T. W; Jahrling, P. B. (October 1990). "Use of immunoelectron microscopy to show Ebola virus during the 1989 United States epizootic.". Journal of Clinical Pathology 43 (10): 813–816. ISSN 0021-9746. 
  12. ↑ "Epidemiologic Notes and ReportsUpdate: Filovirus Infection in Animal Handlers". https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00001593.htm. Retrieved 28 July 2018. 
  13. ↑ Jahrling, P.B; Geisbert, T.W; Johnson, E.D; Peters, C.J; Dalgard, D.W; Hall, W.C (3 March 1990). "Preliminary report: isolation of Ebola virus from monkeys imported to USA" (in en). The Lancet 335 (8688): 502–505. doi:10.1016/0140-6736(90)90737-P. ISSN 0140-6736. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/014067369090737P. 
  14. ↑ Le Guenno, B.; Formenty, P.; Formentry, P.; Wyers, M.; Gounon, P.; Walker, F.; Boesch, C. (20 May 1995). "Isolation and partial characterisation of a new strain of Ebola virus". The Lancet 345 (8960): 1271–1274. ISSN 0140-6736. PMID 7746057. 
  15. ↑ MacNeil, Adam; Farnon, Eileen C.; Wamala, Joseph; Okware, Sam; Cannon, Deborah L.; Reed, Zachary; Towner, Jonathan S.; Tappero, Jordan W. et al. (December 2010). "Proportion of Deaths and Clinical Features in Bundibugyo Ebola Virus Infection, Uganda" (in en-us). Emerging Infectious Diseases 16 (12): 1969–1972. doi:10.3201/eid1612.100627. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/12/10-0627_article. 

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