TY - JOUR AU - Mafopa, Nadege Goumkwa AU - Russo, Gianluca AU - Guetiya Wadoum, Raoul Emeric AU - Iwerima, Emmanuel AU - Batwala, Vincent AU - Giovanetti, Marta AU - Minutolo, Antonella AU - Turay, Patrick AU - Turay, Thomas B. AU - Kargbo, Brima AU - Amicosante, Massimo AU - Maurizio, Mattei AU - Montesano, Carla AU - Group, Ebola Study PY - 2017/12/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Seroprevalence of Ebola virus infection in Bombali District, Sierra Leone JF - Journal of Public Health in Africa JA - J Public Health Afr VL - 8 IS - 2 SE - Original Articles DO - 10.4081/jphia.2017.732 UR - https://publichealthinafrica.org/jphia/article/view/732 SP - AB - A serosurvey of anti-Ebola Zaire virus nucleoprotein IgG prevalence was carried out among Ebola virus disease survivors and their Community Contacts in Bombali District, Sierra Leone. Our data suggest that the specie of Ebola virus (Zaire) responsible of the 2013-2016 epidemic in West Africa may cause mild or asymptomatic infection in a proportion of cases, possibly due to an efficient immune response. ER -