Virulence and host range

[The LightKeeper]

PANGELETTI at bmg.bhs.uab.edu whacked the keyboard to produce:


>The LightKeeper(?) then responded by 
>asking whether this could explain why "the virus seems transmissible via 
>air in monkeys but not in humans."  The answer is no, dude.  The 
>question of whether a virus is airborn is quite a different issue from 
>pathogenicity and immune response.

Ok, I phrased it poorly.  I guess my question is:

Is it possibly that monkeys (or other animals) can contract the
virus through airborne transmission, while humans can not?  In
other words, is there something about a monkey lung that differs
from ours in such a way as to allow easier transission?  

It seems to me there MUST be some difference if E. Zaire is
airborne for them and not us. 

-Lighty