Filovirus Surveillance in Communities Bordering Equatorial Guinea, Marburg Outbreak, Cameroon, 2023.

Jill-Léa Ramassamy Flaubert Auguste Mba Djondzo Innocent Ndong Bass Ginette Edoul Dowbiss Meta-Djomsi Nadine Lamare Maeliss Champagne Célestin Godwe Kono Léon Cavour Tadjouteu Audrey Lacroix Nicole Vidal Guillaume Thaurignac Elisabeth Dibongue Eric Delaporte Martine Peeters Ahidjo Ayouba Charles Kouanfack

Abstract

After the 2023 Equatorial Guinea Marburg virus (MARV) outbreak, surveillance of 181 persons in southern Cameroon detected MARV antibodies in 3 persons and Ebola virus antibodies in 7. Testing of 289 captured bats, including 158 Rousettus aegyptiacus bats, did not detect MARV RNA. Enhanced surveillance for regional filovirus spillover risks is warranted.

Supporting text Virus Host Location
Cameroon 12 Chiroptera 376 Equatorial Guinea 1 filovirus 15 Marburg virus 11 One Health 98 post-outbreak surveillance 1 seroepidemiologic studies 114 viral haemorrhagic fever 1 viruses 117 zoonoses 477

Evidence records

3 total
Zoonotic Surveillance
3 records · 2 evidence types
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Evidence type
2 records
OVE11745
Key finding

Among 181 persons in southern Cameroon, MARV antibodies were detected in 3 individuals.

Virus
Host
Location
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Supporting text

surveillance of 181 persons in southern Cameroon detected MARV antibodies in 3 persons

Method
antibody detection
OVE11746
Key finding

Among 181 persons in southern Cameroon, Ebola virus antibodies were detected in 7 individuals.

Virus
Host
Location
Not specified
Supporting text

surveillance of 181 persons in southern Cameroon detected ... Ebola virus antibodies in 7

Method
antibody detection