Wildlife And Environmental Data On Ebola Zoonotic Origin

Aggregating research data investigating the zoonotic origin of the West African Ebola epidemic. It was authored by Almudena Marí Saéz and last updated in June 2020. The data was gathered through wildlife surveys, interviews, and molecular analyses of bat and environmental samples.

Use Cases

• Analyze molecular data from bat samples to identify potential Ebola virus reservoirs.
• Correlate wildlife survey findings with interview data on human exposure to fruit bats.
• Investigate environmental sample data for evidence linking insectivorous Mops condylurus bats to the index case.

Strengths

• Data is derived from a multi-method investigation combining wildlife surveys, interviews, and molecular analyses.
• The research focuses on a specific, high-impact zoonotic transmission event of the Ebola virus.
• The dataset is associated with a published scientific investigation into the epidemic's origin.

Limitations

• The specific data structure, including column names and row counts, is unknown.
• The dataset's temporal coverage is not explicitly defined beyond the context of the 2014-2016 epidemic.

Provenance

Source

Almudena Marí Saéz

Collection Method

Wildlife surveys, interviews, and molecular analyses of bat and environmental samples.

Time Range

Associated with the 2014-2016 West African Ebola epidemic.

Freshness

Last updated on 2020-06-24.

Geography

West Africa, specifically Guinea (Meliandou).