Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
An Ebola Filovirus Is Discovered in the USA: Reston, Virginia, USA, 1989.
- Journal:
- Veterinary heritage : bulletin of the American Veterinary History Society
- Year:
- 2016
- Authors:
- Jaax, Jerry & Jaax, Nancy K
Abstract
In December of 1989, a shipment Cynomolgus sp. monkeys into the U.S. infected with Ebola virus resulted in a potential public health crisis. An emergency interagency effort to control the outbreak was mounted in Reston Virginia, the site of the nonhuman primate quarantine facility.
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