Discovery of an Ebolavirus-Like Filovirus in Europe

• DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002304
• Publication Date: 2011-10-20T21:02:53Z
• Authors: Ana Negredo; Gustavo Palacios; Sonia Vázquez-Morón; Félix González; Hernán Dopazo; Francisca Molero; Javier Juste; Juan Quetglas; Nazir Savji; Maria de la Cruz ...; Jesus Enrique Her...; Manuel Pizarro; Stephen K. Hutchison; Juan E. Echevarría; W. Ian Lipkin; Antonio Tenorio
• Keywords: Ebolavirus; Insectivore

Filoviruses, amongst the most lethal of primate pathogens, have only been reported as natural infections in sub-Saharan Africa and Philippines. Infections bats with ebolaviruses marburgviruses do not appear to be associated disease. Here we report identification dead insectivorous a genetically distinct filovirus, provisionally named Lloviu virus, after site detection, Cueva del Lloviu, Spain.