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 4. Temporal distribution of carcasses found in the forest straddling the border between Gabon and the Republic of Congo (2001–2003). Two peaks of mortality were observed: the first occurred in the Ekata region (Gabon) from November to December 2001 and the second from December 2002 to February 2003 in the Lossi gorilla sanctuary (Republic of Congo).

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