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Scientists Find Ebola Virus Antibodies in People Before 2018 DRC Outbreak

Katherine E Kerlin — November 04, 2020 - 8:00am

Scientists found antibodies to Ebola virus in people up to a year before the 2018 Ebola virus disease outbreak began in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, or DRC. This suggests that either early cases may have been missed or that exposure occurs more commonly than previously thought, according to a study led by the University of California, Davis.

Media Sources on Coronavirus Outbreak

Katherine E Kerlin — January 21, 2020 - 12:45pm

Charlotte Acharya, a staff research associate, talks with Kazunari Nozue and Nicole Slatterngren, research assistants, in the COVID testing laboratory on January 11, 2021.

Melting Arctic Sea Ice Linked to Emergence of Deadly Virus in Marine Mammals

Katherine E Kerlin — November 07, 2019 - 8:00am

Scientists have linked the decline in Arctic sea ice to the emergence of a deadly virus that could threaten marine mammals in the North Pacific, according to a study from the University of California, Davis.

Phocine distemper virus, or PDV, a pathogen responsible for killing thousands of European harbor seals in the North Atlantic in 2002, was identified in northern sea otters in Alaska in 2004, raising questions about when and how the virus reached them.

Ebola Species Found in Bats Ahead of Any Potential Outbreak

Katherine E Kerlin — August 27, 2018 - 9:30am

For the first time, scientists discovered a new ebolavirus species in a host prior to detection in an infected human or sick animal. The discovery of the Bombali virus in bats in Sierra Leone was made by scientists at the University of California, Davis, One Health Institute and Columbia University’s Center for Infection and Immunity as part of USAID's PREDICT program.