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The first one in 1989 was the first-ever Ebola virus that emerged outside of Africa and was also the first known natural infection of Ebola virus in nonhuman primates. When it was first discovered among laboratory monkeys in the United States, the source was immediately traced back to the farm located in the Philippines. The second outbreak was in 1992–93. The third episode in 1996 was the last known outbreak before Reston ebolavirus reemerged in pigs in 2008.
originally posted by: Destinyone
originally posted by: rebelv
a reply to: Destinyone
Oh my God an E-Bola case in the U.S.!
Let's hope to God it's an isolated case.
Rebel 5
This thread is a good read with a lot of accurate research in it by a lot of informed people. Some you may agree with, some not. It's worth the read to inform yourself.
This thread is based on the CDC in league with the U.S. Defense Dept., is flying 2 American Missionaries with Ebola, from Ebola infested Liberia to Atlanta Ga. for treatment at Emory Hospital affiliated with the CDC. Both facilities located in a very crowded downtown Atlanta.
Glad you joined the thread, you'll find valuable information here.
Des
originally posted by: adnanmuf
You just Google pig is universal host or reservoir. And Google Ebola reston. I learned about pig in Med school before 1984 before there was internet. I am not gonna google for you. Do your research before you make silly statements like your no 2 fact crazyewok!
originally posted by: adnanmuf
You just Google pig is universal host or reservoir. And Google Ebola reston. I learned about pig in Med school before 1984 before there was internet. I am not gonna google for you. Do your research before you make silly statements like your no 2 fact crazyewok!
"You can’t get a very real idea of how extensive the number of cases out there actually are," said Randal Schoepp, a USAMRIID researcher working in the Liberia Institute for Biomedical Research. "Here in Liberia, at least, we're only seeing and identifying a small number of cases."
Matthew Voorhees, a USAMRIID researcher who also recently returned from Kenema Government Hospital, said there's another layer of pressure and stress when nurses and doctors become infected.
Respect for the virus and knowledge of safety procedures are essential, Schoepp said.
"You would be stupid to not be concerned about getting infected," he said.
The layered protection they must wear in the labs includes a Tyvek suit with gloves and booties taped on to create a sealed environment. In labs without air conditioning, that can mean dealing with 100-degree heat for hours.
"Most of us are here because we want to be here, we want to help, but you also have to be cognizant of your own health," Schoepp said.
In 1990, Hazelton Research Products' Reston Quarantine Unit in Reston, Virginia suffered a mysterious outbreak of fatal illness among a shipment of crab-eating macaque monkeys imported from the Philippines. The company's veterinary pathologist sent tissue samples from dead animals to the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) at Fort Detrick, Maryland, where a laboratory test known as an ELISA assay showed antibodies to Ebola virus.
Shortly afterward, a US Army team headquartered at USAMRIID went into action to euthanize the monkeys which had not yet died, bringing those monkeys and those which had already died of the disease to Ft. Detrick for study by the Army's veterinary pathologists and virologists, and eventual disposal under safe conditions.
originally posted by: marg6043
Found some information that mentions what NavyDoc made references too, but is not very specific.
In 1990, Hazelton Research Products' Reston Quarantine Unit in Reston, Virginia suffered a mysterious outbreak of fatal illness among a shipment of crab-eating macaque monkeys imported from the Philippines. The company's veterinary pathologist sent tissue samples from dead animals to the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) at Fort Detrick, Maryland, where a laboratory test known as an ELISA assay showed antibodies to Ebola virus.
Shortly afterward, a US Army team headquartered at USAMRIID went into action to euthanize the monkeys which had not yet died, bringing those monkeys and those which had already died of the disease to Ft. Detrick for study by the Army's veterinary pathologists and virologists, and eventual disposal under safe conditions.
The research was on Monkeys, if humans were also send to the Testing facility it most have been under very secret conditions.
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originally posted by: ~Lucidity
a reply to: NavyDoc
Interesting. We may want to tell the news media that.
originally posted by: Vasa Croe
a reply to: crazyewok
It seems he is talking about Reston Ebola virus which was found in swine. There was a 2009 outbreak in the Philippines that jumped from swine to human. Ebola Reston is also the one that was reported to be somewhat airborne from what I have read.
originally posted by: 00nunya00
And now possibly Brazil?!?!
Translated initial text:
• A man who landed at Guarulhos airport in São Paulo, in the morning, was taken to hospital Emilio Ribas, capital of the Central Region and is hospitalized in an isolated area. The African, whose name was not revealed, undergoes tests that may reveal contamination Ebola ...
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An African newcomer in São Paulo was admitted to the Hospital Emilio Ribas, in central Sao Paulo, suspected of being infected with the Ebola virus. The State Department of Health, however, ruled out the hypothesis and the patient was discharged.
The man - who did not allow the disclosure of personal data, nor their country of origin - landed at Guarulhos International Airport, in Guarulhos, early Saturday (2) feeling bad. How he came from Africa, the Federal Police contacted the state Department of Health, which took him to a secluded area of the Emilio Ribas Hospital. According to the secretariat, the first doctors that attended at the health unit away from the suspected Ebola because the man had no fever, one of the main symptoms. After going through several tests, it was found that he was suffering from a kidney infection. He was treated and discharged on Sunday (3).
originally posted by: adnanmuf
You just Google pig is universal host or reservoir. And Google Ebola reston. I learned about pig in Med school before 1984 before there was internet. I am not gonna google for you. Do your research before you make silly statements like your no 2 fact crazyewok!