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. 1982;76(6):719-20.
doi: 10.1016/0035-9203(82)90089-x.

Haemorrhagic fever in Gabon. I. Incidence of Lassa, Ebola and Marburg viruses in Haut-Ogooué

B Ivanoff, P Duquesnoy, G Languillat, J F Saluzzo, A Georges, J P Gonzalez, J McCormick

Haemorrhagic fever in Gabon. I. Incidence of Lassa, Ebola and Marburg viruses in Haut-Ogooué

B Ivanoff et al. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1982.

Abstract

A serological enquiry aimed at determining the incidence of infection with Lassa, Ebola and Marburg viruses was conducted on the human population of the region of Haut-Ogooué (Gabon) and on primates. The results, obtained by the indirect immunofluorescence technique, showed that more than 6% of the human population had had contact with Ebola virus but no antibodies against Marburg or Lassa viruses were found. Most sera reacted to an Ebola antigen from a Zairian strain, but showed little or no reaction to an antigen from a Sudanese strain.

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