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Hammer Headed bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus) female - live mist net catch for blood sampling in search of the unknown reservoir host for Ebola virus. Ebola outbreaks in Mbomo in 2003 killed 128 people and in 2005 killied 95% of Odzala National Park's Western Gorilla population. Mbomo village, near Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo, June 2005.. (KEYSTONE/NATURE PICTURE LIBRARY/JABRUSON)