While the results contain no direct evidence of bats infected with Ebola near Meliandou (the confirmed epicenter of the Ebola outbreak), Leendertz suggested that the toddler could have picked up the ...

and might have been eaten except for a sudden announcement from the government that because of Ebola, consuming bush meat was now prohibited. So the Méliandou villagers threw the dead bats away.

The illness was first documented among three children who consumed bat meat and died within 48 hours ... far ruled out known deadly viruses such as Ebola, dengue, Marburg, and yellow fever.

is believed to have contracted the Ebola virus from the Angolan free-tailed bats while playing under a tree infested by the chiropterans. Consumption of wild meat is popular in the region ...

which include bats, nonhuman primates, can rats and antelope. The meat could be infected with germs that can lead to illness, such as the Ebola virus, the CDC said. Due to the health hazards that ...

Nobody knew it yet, but the world’s worst Ebola outbreak had just begun. It’s impossible to prove that the kola tree was the source of the epidemic. Scientists are fairly sure that bats are th ...

It was the beginning of another Ebola outbreak in DRC. Since then, Congolese have become wary about game meat, but they just haven’t stayed away from it. “It is our way of life...customers did ...