Volume 11, Number 2, February 2005

Wild Animal Mortality Monitoring and Human Ebola Outbreaks, Gabon and Republic of Congo, 2001–2003

Pierre Rouquet,* Jean-Marc Froment,† Magdalena Bermejo,‡ Annelisa Kilbourn,§ William Karesh,§ Patricia Reed,§ Brice Kumulungui,* Philippe Yaba,* André Délicat,* Pierre E. Rollin,¶ and Eric M. Leroy*#
*Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon; †European Union Project Cybertracker Monitoring Programme, Libreville, Gabon; ‡Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; §Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York, USA; ¶Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; and #Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Franceville, Gabon

Figure 3. Species distribution of carcasses found in the forest straddling the border between Gabon and Republic of Congo (2001–2003). * = other primates: Cercopithecus sp.; †= other species: Atherurus africanus (1), Genetta sp. (3), Loxodonta africana (1), Manis sp. (1), Mongoose sp. (1), Thryonomys swinderianus (2), Tragelaphus sp. (1), Python sebae (2), and bird of prey (1).

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