The initial spillover of the Ebola virus from animals to humans is primarily linked to hunting, butchering, and handling infected wild animals, known as bushmeat, or exposure to fruit bats and their secretions.. https://t.co/yxpnpZOjn5
@Luizmd Indeed 👇 What Factors Might Have Led to the Emergence of Ebola in West Africa? https://t.co/bcNqJOTVql
@RobertWCross1 Interesting. Immediately made me think of Figure 6 from this review: https://t.co/bYeONzX2Xl
@BinaryBluejay @Neurofourier @aetiology II) the infected animals are likely a subset of the much larger population; and III) environmental factors likely contribute to when shedding and spillovers of virus occur. This is a really nice paper discussing a…