Filpino tests postive for Ebola

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Filipino tests positive for Ebola, experts worried
Fri Jan 23, 5:06 am ETMANILA (Reuters) – 
At least one person has tested positive for the Ebola-Reston virus in the Philippines, where the disease has broken 
out in pigs at two farms north of the capital, the government said on Friday.
Health Secretary Francisco Duque told a news conference that there was little immediate health risk but experts 
warned the virus' jump to humans was a concern.
"This presents a negligible risk to human health," Duque said.
Experts from the World Health Organization, World Organization for Animal Health and the Food and Agriculture 
Organization, all U.N. agencies, ended a 10-day field test at the two farms over the weekend after Ebola-Reston 
was found there last year.
It is the first time the virus has been found outside monkeys and the first time it has been found in pigs. The virus had 
previously jumped from monkeys to humans but it is the first case of a jump from hogs.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090123/hl_nm/us_philippines_ebola_1

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zipporah Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List V.I.P. Member Joined: June 02 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 43	Post Options Post Reply Quote zipporah Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Filpino tests postive for Ebola Posted: January 24 2009 at 4:17pm
	Filipino tests positive for Ebola, experts worried Fri Jan 23, 5:06 am ETMANILA (Reuters) – At least one person has tested positive for the Ebola-Reston virus in the Philippines, where the disease has broken out in pigs at two farms north of the capital, the government said on Friday. Health Secretary Francisco Duque told a news conference that there was little immediate health risk but experts warned the virus' jump to humans was a concern. "This presents a negligible risk to human health," Duque said. Experts from the World Health Organization, World Organization for Animal Health and the Food and Agriculture Organization, all U.N. agencies, ended a 10-day field test at the two farms over the weekend after Ebola-Reston was found there last year. It is the first time the virus has been found outside monkeys and the first time it has been found in pigs. The virus had previously jumped from monkeys to humans but it is the first case of a jump from hogs. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090123/hl_nm/us_philippines_ebola_1
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SwineFlu Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List V.I.P. Member Joined: March 15 2006 Location: Toledo 1918 Status: Offline Points: 78	Post Options Post Reply Quote SwineFlu Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 25 2009 at 1:31am
	Great its in pigs now! wait till it mixes with are little friend the flu.then spews out influbola :(