Ecology

Ebolavirus is a zoonotic pathogen. Intermediary hosts have been reported to be various species of fruit bats throughout central and sub Saharan Africa, but infection in bats has not been proven yet. End hosts are humans and great apes, infected through bat contact or through other end hosts. Pigs on the Philippine islands have been reported to be infected with Restonvirus, so other interim or amplifying hosts may exist.