About the Authors
- Nelly Scuda
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
- Nadege Freda Madinda
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Affiliations Project 23 “Epidemiology of Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms,” Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany, Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute, for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- Chantal Akoua-Koffi
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Affiliation University Teaching Hospital Bouaké, Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire
- Edgard Valerie Adjogoua
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Affiliation Institut Pasteur Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
- Diana Wevers
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
- Jörg Hofmann
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Affiliation Institute of Virology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Kenneth N. Cameron
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Current address: Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, New York, United States of America.
Affiliation Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project, Inc., Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Siv Aina J. Leendertz
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Affiliation Project 23 “Epidemiology of Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms,” Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
- Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann
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Affiliation LANADA/Laboratoire Central de la Pathologie Animale, Bingerville, Côte d'Ivoire
- Martha Robbins
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Affiliation Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute, for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- Christophe Boesch
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Affiliation Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute, for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- Michael A. Jarvis
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Affiliation School of Biomedical & Biological Sciences, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom
- Ugo Moens
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Affiliation University of Tromsø, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Medical Biology, Tromsø, Norway
- Lawrence Mugisha
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Affiliation EcoHealth Research Group, Conservation & Ecosystem Health Alliance (CEHA), Kampala, Uganda
- Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer
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Affiliation Project 23 “Epidemiology of Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms,” Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
- Fabian H. Leendertz
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Affiliation Project 23 “Epidemiology of Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms,” Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
- Bernhard Ehlers
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* E-mail: ehlersb@rki.de
Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: NS NFM CAK EVA DW JH SAJL ECH CB MAJ SCS FHL BE. Performed the experiments: NS NFM DW SCS BE. Analyzed the data: NS NFM CAK EVA DW JH KNC SAJL ECH MR CB MAJ LM UM SCS FHL BE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NFM CAK EVA DW JH KNC SAJL LM ECH MR CB SCS FHL BE. Wrote the paper: BE NS MAJ FHL SCS SAJL UM.