plant -> animals (re Ebola)

[Mike Poidinger]

On 25 Mar 1996 21:44:20 -0500, topherius at aol.com (Topherius) wrote:

>I heard that people here decided that the reservoir couldn't be a plant
>last year but I couldn't find anything in the archives.  Why couldn't it? 
> Chris

Is anyone aware of any pathogen at all which is able to successfully
infect both plants and animals?

Mike



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