Ebola mediums

[bogleb]

The LightKeeper <litekepr at cpcug.org> writes:
 
>discovered.  Zaire and Sudan are NOT airborne.  The Reston strain
>is _similar_ to Zaire, but is airborne and DOES NOT infect
>humans, only monkeys were affected at the import quarentine in
>Reston.
 
Workers in the monkey house did seroconvert, one after a needle stick
injury and another apparently via the respiratory route.  Also, the
virus appears to have spread through the Reston complex as monkeys inhaled
airborne particals.  Furthermore, Reston, Zaire, and Sudan are all very
similar at the genetic level.  And there is a surprisingly high level of
seropositivity to EBOV in central Africa, perhaps due to the presence of
less virulent strains of EBOV.  Personally, I suggest it may be premature
to posit the equation African EBOV=non-airborne.
	Further details available on sci.med thread EBOLA OUTBREAK 1995.
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