Ebola

David Ornstein davido at apocalypse.org
Sun May 14 04:56:26 EST 1995


c590510 at showme.missouri.edu (Todd) wrote: 
>David Ornstein (davido at apocalypse.org) wrote: 
>: [...] 
>: As far as I know, the Zaire strain has not    
>: been documented to transmit airborne except possibly between monkeys.  
> 
> My understanding is that the only strain believed to be airborne was   
the  
>RESTON  strain that broke out in Reston, Virginia in 1989.  The Reston  
>strain was believed to be transmitted airborne through *monkeys* but not  
>humans.  And even *then*,  there was/is no documented proof.   At least,   
> to MY knowledge there is none.  
 
 
Oops.  Mea Culpa.  I've been spending so much time editing the  news   
about this that my brain must have misfired.  I meant Reston.  Not Zaire. 
 
Thanks, 
David 





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