Ebola mediums

John M. Knapp jmknapp at crl.com
Fri May 12 11:32:23 EST 1995


Debbie Gaw <dgaw at tiac.net> wrote:
>> In article <3os7d9$18fc at news.doit.wisc.edu>, Jason Velick
>> <javelick at students.wisc.edu> wrote:
>
>>
>> My understanding, after reading the "Hot Zone" and "The Coming Plague," is
>> that only the Ebola Reston strain has an airborne transmisison vector.
>
>[snip]
>
>My concern is that the only references being cited for factual
>information are popular best sellers, not peer reviewed articles.  Granted,
>Preston et al probably did a great deal of research on the subject
>of E.zaire and E. reston.  However, can anyone provide references in
>scientific journals to studies about these viruses?
>
>Regards,
>
>Debbie

Try:
http://www.bocklabs.wisc.edu/ed/ebola.html#EBOLA

The CDC Home Page lists this as THE scholarly work on ebola. You'll note that ebola _is_ transmitted by casual person-to-person contact and nosocomial transmission (whatever that is) in addition to blood, vomit, and syringes.





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