Ebola Reston
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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.
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 Zaire, proved fatal only to non-human primates. Still, six of the Reston primate handlers tested positive for the virus (two due to previous exposure), and exhibited severe flu-like symptoms.It is indistinguishable under a microscope, and just as deadly, as it rapidly infected the monkeys in the research facility. This strain was also found to be airborne. Surviving monkeys were euthanized as a precautionary measure. The facility was torn down aftwards due to its status as stigmatized property.
The virus has been discussed in Richard Preston's best selling 1994 novel, The Hot Zone.