gorillas and chimpanzees were infected, the viral genome was also detected in duikers, medium-sized Bovid related to antelopes and gazelles (Leroy et al., 2004) . It was also reported that several dogs in the ZEBOV-epidemic area might have been highly exposed to the virus by eating infected dead animals, as suggested by high seroprevalence, but the putative infection seems to be asymptomatic (Allela et al., 2005) .