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Ebola Species Thought to Be Harmless to Humans Can Sicken Pigs, Raising Alarm Bells – Gizmodo Australia
U.S. government scientists have shown in the lab, for the first time, that pigs can become severely sick from a particular species of the Ebola virus, called Reston…
U.S. government scientists have shown in the lab, for the first time, that pigs can become severely sick from a particular species of the Ebola virus, called Reston ebolavirus (RESTV). The virus is known for being the only species of Ebola not to sicken people so far. But the discovery suggests that it can still pose a grave threat to livestock, and the chances of it someday harming humans arent zero, either.
Reston was popularised in the 1994 nonfiction book The Hot Zone, written by Richard Preston….
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