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 5. State of the wild animal carcasses found in the field, Lossi gorilla sanctuary, Republic of Congo, December 2002. Carcasses decompose very rapidly in the equatorial forest. Photo: P. Rouquet. A) Female chimpanzee, 3 days after death. B) Female gorilla, 7 days after death. C) Female gorilla, 21 days after death.

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