A team of international researchers has discovered a new Ebola-
like virus – Lloviu virus -- in bats from northern Spain. Lloviu
virus is the first known filovirus native to Europe, they report
in a study published in the journal PLOS Pathogens on Octobr
20th. The study was a collaboration among scientists at the
Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at Columbia University's
Mailman School of Public Health, the Instituto de Salud Carlos
III (ISCIII) in Spain, Roche Life Sciences, Centro de
Investigación Príncipe Felipe, Grupo Asturiano para el Estudio y
Conservación de los Murciélagos, Consejo Suerior de
Investigaciones Científicas and the Complutense University in
Spain. Filoviruses, which include well-known viruses like Ebola
and Marburg, are among the deadliest pathogens in humans and
non-human primates, and are generally found in East Africa and
the Philippines. The findings thus expand the natural
geographical distribution of filoviruses. "The study is an
opportunity to advance the knowledge of filoviru