Where has Bombali virus been found, and have human infections been reported?

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Ebolavirus and Ebola virus disease — Ebola Numerous filamentous ebolavirus particles (blue) budding from a chronically-infected VERO E6 cell (yellow-green) in this digitally colorized scanning electron micrograph produced by the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

Bombali virus (BOMV) was initially discovered in the saliva and feces of little free-tailed bats and Angolan free-tailed bats in the Bombali district of Sierra Leone. Subsequent research has detected the virus in bats across Guinea, Kenya, and Mozambique.1

Regarding human health, there have been no reported cases of human infection with the Bombali virus.1