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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...