Ebola mediums

S. M. Fitzgerald Cyberiot at ix.netcom.com
Sat May 20 23:04:39 EST 1995


In <Rs9+70i.aguldo at delphi.com> bogleb <aguldo at delphi.com> writes: 
>
>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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Bob:

Greetings, fellow Wildcat!

Tell us what you know about Ebola ?Tai?,  the variant that infected the
Swiss researcher working in Africa's Ivory Coast in April.  She sliced
up a chimp, contracted an E.* variant, got airlifted to a European
hospital, and survived.  The French (Institute Pasteur??) identified
her virus as a new Ebola flavor.  Just trolling for informed commentary
 . .

Hope you're not renting the . . . er . . . dwelling I lived in when I
went to UA.  Enjoy being five degrees cooler than I am.

All best,
S. M. Fitzgerald
Cyberiot at ix.netcom.com
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