Accounting for population structure reveals ambiguity in the Zaire Ebolavirus reservoir dynamics

• Bram Vrancken ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bram Vrancken, Tony Wawina-Bokalanga

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: bram.vrancken@kuleuven.be (BVR); piet.maes@kuleuven.be (PM)

  Affiliation KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Division of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Leuven, Belgium

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6547-5283

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• Tony Wawina-Bokalanga ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bram Vrancken, Tony Wawina-Bokalanga

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Division of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Leuven, Belgium

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• Bert Vanmechelen,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Division of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Leuven, Belgium

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• Joan Martí-Carreras,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Division of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Leuven, Belgium

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• Miles W. Carroll,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research and Development Institute, National Infection Service, Public Health England, Porton Down, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

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• Justus Nsio,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ministère de la Santé, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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• Jimmy Kapetshi,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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• Sheila Makiala-Mandanda,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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• Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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• Guy Baele,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Division of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Leuven, Belgium

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1915-7732

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• Kurt Vermeire,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, Leuven, Belgium

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• Valentijn Vergote,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Division of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Leuven, Belgium

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• Steve Ahuka-Mundeke,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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• Piet Maes

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: bram.vrancken@kuleuven.be (BVR); piet.maes@kuleuven.be (PM)

  Affiliation KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Division of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Leuven, Belgium

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4571-5232

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