Ebola — DR Congo
When hunting for the source of a zoonotic disease outbreak, scientists first work to identify the species that harbor that particular pathogen. These species are called reservoirs. Half of all carnivores are reservoirs of zoonotic disease, as well as some 20 per cent of nonhuman primates and roughly 10 per cent of rodent and bat species.
For many zoonotic pathogens, the main nonhuman reservoirs are relatively well known: dogs, foxes, bats, and cats for rabies; rodents for Lassa and
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