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New strain of Ebola virus discovered
July 29 , 2018
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- Researchers in joint US-West African study funded by US Aid have discovered a new strain of Ebola virus in bats in northern Bombali region of Sierra Leone.
- It has been named as Bombali virus strain, after the district where it was found. The Bombali virus is overall sixth known virus strain Ebola virus.
- Others are Zaire, Sudan, Tai Forest, Bundibugyo, and Reston.
- Ebola virus is a highly fatal hemorrhagic fever that is spread through contact with bodily fluids from infected persons and animals which include non-human primates, bats, and forest antelope.
- Zaire strain of Ebola virus is the deadliest strain known.
- The 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa was caused by the Zaire virus, which was discovered in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), formerly Zaire in 1976.
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