ebola

[RYBICKI, ED]

> from couple of my professors, the answers they gave me varied. 
Although 
> both told me that the Ebola viruses are mainly transmitted by 
aerosol 
> (you cannot argue about this), one told me Ebola COULD be a STD; 
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I beg your pardon?  Why not?  Especially in view of the VERY well 
-made Canadian documentary I saw last night on Ebola/Marburg which 
stated quite firmly (and several times) that Marburg and Ebola-Zaire 
were NOT transmitted by aerosols, whereas Ebola-Reston WAS.  Meaning 
SOME of the filoviruses are aerosol transmitted, by no means all.


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