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Encyclopedia > Ebola Reston

Ebola Reston is a strain of the Ebola virus, named after an outbreak that occurred in Reston, Virginia during 1989. Monkeys imported from the Philippines eventually ended up in the Reston facilities of Hazleton Research Products, where the outbreak occurred. Species Ivory Coast ebolavirus Reston ebolavirus Sudan ebolavirus Zaire virus Ebola hæmorrhagic fever (EHF — alternatively Ebola hemorrhagic fever; commonly referred to as simply Ebola) is a recently identified, severe, often fatal infectious disease occurring in humans and some primates caused by the Ebola virus. ... Reston is an unincorporated planned city and census-designated place located in western Fairfax County, Virginia, in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Binomial name Macaca fascicularis Raffles, 1821 The Crab-eating Macaque (Macaca fascicularis) is an arboreal macaque native to South-East Asia. ...


This specific strand of the Ebola virus caused a rather large panic, but after containment, eventually it was discovered that this specific strand of the Ebola Virus, although resemblant of Ebola Sudan, only infected monkeys. It is indistinguishable under a microscope, and just as powerful, as it killed all the monkeys from the monkey house in Reston. Species Ivory Coast ebolavirus Reston ebolavirus Sudan ebolavirus Zaire virus Ebola hæmorrhagic fever (EHF — alternatively Ebola hemorrhagic fever; commonly referred to as simply Ebola) is a recently identified, severe, often fatal infectious disease occurring in humans and some primates caused by the Ebola virus. ...


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