At-Risk Populations:
• Outbreaks in endemic areas and secondary infections
have affected healthy populations.
• A threat as a bioterrorist weapon for populations not
previously considered being at risk
Vector and Reservoir Involved:
• Despite substantial work, no filovirus vector has been
identified.
• Recent work suggests that ape-to-ape transmission
may be responsible for the epizootic wave of this
disease, although the fruit bat may also act as a reservoir
for this disease