Ebola-Reston

SCHIAVONE: In 1989 and 1990, laboratory primates imported from the Philippines were diagnosed with a strain of the virus dubbed Ebola-Reston after a research facility in Reston, Virginia.

CNN Transcript Jun 20, 2003 2003

As part of their tests, the WHO-led assessment team found one pig farm worker had tested positive for the Ebola-Reston virus, and had been infected between 6 months and 18 months ago.

Philippine Farm Worker Tests Positive for Ebola-Reston 2009

Philippine health and agricultural agencies are now coordinating with the United Nations 'Food and Agriculture Organization, the Organization for Animal Health and the World Health Organization to find out how the Ebola-Reston virus jumped from monkeys into pigs -- and how the virus spread in affected farms in the northern Philippines.

Four More Filipinos Infected With Ebola 2009

The Philippine government and global health authorities on Friday said a pig farm worker in the northern Philippines has tested positive for the Ebola-Reston virus.

Philippine Farm Worker Tests Positive for Ebola-Reston 2009

The U. S.-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention informed the Philippine government on Oct. 30 that the Ebola-Reston virus was found in pig samples that the Philippines had sent to the U.S. for testing earlier in 2008.

Four More Filipinos Infected With Ebola 2009

The WHO-led team and the Philippine government are continuing their investigation into how the man contracted Ebola-Reston, and how the virus entered the Philippines 'pig population.

Philippine Farm Worker Tests Positive for Ebola-Reston 2009

If a link is proved, it would be the first time humans have contracted the so-far harmless Ebola-Reston strain of the virus from pigs, rather than from monkeys.

Four More Filipinos Infected With Ebola 2009

In October, Philippine officials informed U.S. health authorities that the Ebola-Reston virus – previously confined to monkeys – had been detected in pigs for the first time at two farms.

Philippine Farm Worker Tests Positive for Ebola-Reston 2009

Pigs are closer than monkeys to humans in their ability to harbor viruses, raising concern that the virus could mutate into a more dangerous form, especially if the Ebola-Reston virus strays in the pig population for a period of time.

Four More Filipinos Infected With Ebola 2009

Ebola-Reston did get out of Africa and to the U.S. in the form of green monkeys that were imported for medical research and it's named after Reston, West Virginia where they have quarantine facility for these monkeys.

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