I am aware of that. Several Ebola outbreaks have resulted because someone found a dead monkey or ape in the forest, and decided to eat it.
How the little boy was exposed, however, is anyone’s guess. I doubt he was trying to eat dead animals that he found... kids his age put many things in their mouths, but don’t usually eat them. They won’t even eat food you place in front of them. He could have put a contaminated stick in his mouth, for all we know.
He could have stepped in bat crap in his bare feet. I agree its anyones guess.
Probably a million ways he could have caught it. Very difficult to isolate it although some of these researchers are pretty good at this stuff. Imagine traipsing around the jungle where you know this virus is and seeking it out. Gives me the shivers just thinking about it.