their trapping and hunting efforts, plus the bounties they paid for creatures delivered alive by villagers, yielded more than fifteen hundred animals representing 117 species. There were monkeys, rats, mice, bats, mongooses, squirrels, pangolins, shrews, porcupines, duikers, birds, tortoises, and snakes. Blood was taken from each, and then snips of liver, kidney, and spleen. All these samples, deep-frozen in individual vials, were shipped back to the CDC for analysis. Could any live virus be grown from the sampled tissues? Could any Ebola antibodies be detected in blood serum? The bottom line,
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The elusive Ebola
