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Reston

NEWSLETTER
December5th

WashingtonDCthreatenedby
deadlyvirus

Ebola,adeadlyviruswasfoundinamonkeyhouselocatedin
RestonVirginiaearlierthismonth.TheArmyandUSAMRIIDare
currentlyworkingonerectingit.

Thevirusisextremelylethalandhasakillrateuprateof50%.
ThereiscurrentlynocureforthevirusandtheUSAMRIIDis
lookingtofindavaccination.

ThesemonkeyswereflownintotheUnitedStatesfromthe
Philippianstobesold.Themonkeyswereunderquarantineatthe
RestonMonkeyhousewhenworkersstartedtonoticeodd
symptomsassociatedwithMarburg,asimilarvirus.

USAMRIIDconfirmedthevirusinthemonkeysandcontactedthe
Army.Theyarenowworkingtogethertoputdownthemonkeys
anderadicatethevirusfromthebuilding.

ThepublicissafeatthemomentbecauseEbolaisnotanairborne
virusandcanonlybecontactedthroughtheexchangeofbodily
fluids.USAMRIIDdoesaskthatthepubicmakesuretheyare
washingtheirhandsandtoprotectthemselvesbyusinghand
sanitizer.AccordingtoUSAMRIIDthevirusisinacontrolled
environmentandthethreattothegeneralpublicisveryslim.

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