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Pigs investigated as possible Ebola vectors

September 3, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Pigs can get Ebola,  but do they spread it? KAMPALA,  Uganda;  NAIROBI,  Kenya––Domestic pigs may already be among the vectors transmitting deadly Ebola viruses to humans,  though no one knows for sure yet,  warns a five-member International Livestock Research Institute team in a soon-to-be-published edition of the peer-reviewed scientific journal Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. The […]

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