Ebola mediums

[Mark Van Alstine]

In article <3os7d9$18fc at news.doit.wisc.edu>, Jason Velick
<javelick at students.wisc.edu> wrote:

> Yes, we have all heard that Ebola can definatly be spread with
> dirty syringes, and of course sexual contact.  In The Hot Zone, and 
> the Outbreak, Ebola was found to be transmitted also through the air.
> Ok, so why did Ted Koppel fail to mention this possiblity even once?
> Once and for all, can it be spread via the air?

Jason,

My understanding, after reading the "Hot Zone" and "The Coming Plague," is
that only the Ebola Reston strain has an airborne transmisison vector.
Fortunately Ebola Reston seems not to affect humans. As quite a few
researchers, animal, and cargo handlers showed seroposivitivity to Ebola
Reston after the Reston outbreak.

The other two Ebola strains, Sudan and Zaire, *are* quite lethal to
humans. Both, however, have shown no indication of having an airborne
transmission vector. So far. Only time (and mutations) will tell...

Mark