"Ebola Reston"???

a rose andreas.rose at biologie.uni-regensburg.de
Fri Apr 19 17:56:52 EST 1996


This is the first time that I read combined names like "Ebola Reston" or 
"Ebola Marburg". Is that a correct nomenclature? I undestand that Ebola, 
Reston, Marburg are all different, though related Filoviruses, and that 
Reston isn't pathogenic for humans. Am I correct when I think that "Ebola 
Reston" is just a snappy term some journalist came up with to catch 
attention easier?

-- 
Andreas M. Rose, Dipl. Biol.
University of Regensburg - Zoology

http://www.biologie.uni-regensburg.de/Zoologie/Boeckh/Rose/index.htm



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