Western African Ebola Virus Epidemic Start

It is generally believed that a one or two-year-old boy, later identified as Emile Ouamouno, died in December 2013 in the village of Méliandou, Guéckédou Prefecture, Guinea, was the index case of the Western African epidemic. Scientists have deduced that bats are involved in the spread of the virus, and, incidentally, the boy's home was in the vicinity of a large colony of Angolan free-tailed bats, according to media reports. Later the virus was transmitted to 9 more countries other than Guinea all over the World.