FAO warns of fruit bat risk in West African Ebola epidemic
date:Jul 22, 2014
vernments in the region have attempted to outlaw the sale and consumption of bushmeat, bans have proved impossible to enforce and have met with suspicion from rural communities.

There is a lot of mistrust, to the extent that people are hiding patients rather than getting medical help, and its very difficult to control the disease in the midst of many myths and rumours, said Katinka de Balogh, FAO veterinary public health officer and Ebola focal point.

De Balogh said there were growing concern
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