Ebola-Reston Virus. Pig, a new host?
April 28th, 2009
Martinez B. and Sanchez-Vizcaino JM.
Conference in VIII Congreso de Ciencias Veterinarias y Biomédicas: Facultad de Veterinaria
Ebola-Reston is species of the Ebola virus that was identified for the first time in 1989 in the
United States. Several outbreaks have happened since then, affecting monkeys and humans in
contact with these, without producing any disease or death in the latter. At the end of 2008
this virus was detected for the first time in pigs of two farms in the Philippines.
The main objective of this work has been to analyze the unique outbreak of Ebola-Reston in
pigs, and to perform an epidemiological analysis that could help to raise hypothesis about the
origin of the virus.. The study of this outbreak confirms the pig as a new host, able to transmit
the infection to other swine. This represents a new risk for animal health and public health,
due to the virulence of the virus and the importance of the pig for human feeding
Link to VIII Congreso de Ciencias Veterinarias y Biomédicas: Facultad de Veterinaria
