brenda j smith
nsbjs at aurora.alaska.edu
Sat Apr 20 02:00:53 EST 1996
Ebola Reston was not a term the press put together to gain attension.
Every time a new strain of a virus is found they name it after the place
it was found. For example they first strain of Ebola was contracted At
Ebola River in Zaire. So they called it the Ebola, Zaire virus. So when
the first strain of the simion virus was found in Reston, Virginia it got
the name Ebola Reston because Reston was the firstplace it was found.
I hope that helps clear things up for you.
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