Ebola-Reston found in Pigs

Blood samples have been flown to the U.S from swines and farmhands. They have been sent to the centers for disease control (CDC). They are testing for the Ebola-Reston virus. The samples were collected from two pig farms where the virus had been detected. Ebola-Reston is a virus only found in the Phillipines and is confined to monkeys and this is the first time it has jumped species and showed up in pigs. Nearly 6,000 pigs have been tested postitive for the Ebola-Reston virus since December at the farms of Pandi and Talavera town outside of Manila. Ebola-Reston has not been found to be harmful to humans but this may have an extreme impact on the pigs.
Dr. Lyndon Leesuy, a member of the Phillipine team who is involved in this investigation noted that "sending those blood samples was not a sign that they were positive. That sending the blood samples was only for confirmation and anaylsis since they do not have such labratories in the phillipines to conduct such tests."