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    An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus occurred at a monkey house in Reston, Virginia in December 1989 after an imported monkey from the Philippines was found to be infected but not properly checked. Scientists discovered that the virus was circulating among the monkeys and causing illness, though no human cases resulted. The infected monkeys were being euthanized to contain the outbreak while researchers worked to understand the virus and develop a vaccine, as Ebola is known to cause internal bleeding and death in 90% of human cases.

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    An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus occurred at a monkey house in Reston, Virginia in December 1989 after an imported monkey from the Philippines was found to be infected but not properly checked. Scientists discovered that the virus was circulating among the monkeys and causing illness, though no human cases resulted. The infected monkeys were being euthanized to contain the outbreak while researchers worked to understand the virus and develop a vaccine, as Ebola is known to cause internal bleeding and death in 90% of human cases.

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    Deadly Virus Emerges from Monkey House

    Reston, Virginia December 1989

    The outbreak occurred because


    there was an imported monkey
    who was not thoroughly check and
    was infected suddenly became ill.

    Scientists in the safety suits. (Level 4 Unit)

    The macaques monkeys were


    imported from The Phillipines

    The Ebola virus was introduced in


    the United States by an infected
    There are no human cases thus
    USAMRIID in Reston, Virginia, monkey.
    far the virus has only been
    circulating around the monkeys.
    Vaccination has yet to be created.

    Ebola is a filovirus that takes over


    The source of the virus are the host cell and replicates itself
    currently being euthanised by causing the body to hemorrhage.
    USAMRIID. The fatality rate is 90% for humans.

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