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| more Ebola: reported cases of the Ebola-Reston virus in hogs in the Philippines |
| 2008-12-27 |
| The world's first reported cases of the Ebola-Reston virus in hogs in the Philippines is under investigation, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. The Philippine government asked the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, the world Organization for Human Health and the WHO to send experts to investigate the outbreak, the Food and Agriculture Organization said in a news release. Lab reports in October confirmed pigs on farms in the Nueva Ecija and Bulacan provinces were infected with the Ebola-Reston virus and a virulent strain of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome. The syndrome can't be transmitted to humans. The Reston-Ebola virus can infect humans, but no deaths or serious illnesses have been reported yet, the United Nations said. |
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