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SUBMITTER: Haddow AD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5415731 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Haddow Andrew D AD Nasar Farooq F Schellhase Christopher W CW Moon Roger D RD Padilla Susana L SL Zeng Xiankun X Wollen-Roberts Suzanne E SE Shamblin Joshua D JD Grimes Elizabeth C EC Zelko Justine M JM Linthicum Kenneth J KJ Bavari Sina S Pitt M Louise ML Trefry John C JC
Parasites & vectors 20170503 1
<h4>Background</h4>Ebola virus (EBOV) infection results in high morbidity and mortality and is primarily transmitted in communities by contact with infectious bodily fluids. While clinical and experimental evidence indicates that EBOV is transmitted via mucosal exposure, the ability of non-biting muscid flies to mechanically transmit EBOV following exposure to the face had not been assessed.<h4>Results</h4>To investigate this transmission route, house flies (Musca domestica Linnaeus) were used t ...[more]