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How is Ebola Spread? What virus killed Peter? What did the research team discover?
Can u guys please help me with these questions?
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jill d #170087
From the text:
"....spreading blood all over the place, thus giving the virus a chance to jump to a new host-a kind of transmission through smearing."
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jill d #170087
Peter Cardinal died of the Marburg virus.
Can you be more specific with the third part of your question?
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colin p #340926
I think it's asking about what did the research team discover or tried to find the virus in Kitum Cave?
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jill d #170087
This also pertains to your first question.
"In 1986-the year before Peter Cardinal died-Gene Johnson had done an experiment that showed that Marburg and Ebola can indeed travel through the air. He infected monkeys with Marburg and Ebola by letting them breathe it into their lungs, and he discovered that a very small dose of airborne Marburg or Ebola could start an explosive infection in a monkey."
The research team discovered nothing in the cave.
"The expedition was a dry hole. All the sentinel animals remained healthy, and the blood and tissue samples from the other animals, insects, birds, Masai people, and their cattle showed no sign of Marburg virus. It must have been a bitter disappointment for Gene Johnson, so disheartening that he was never able to bring himself to publish an account of the expedition and its findings. There seemed to be no point in publishing the fact that he hadn't found anything in Kitum Cave. All that he could say for sure is that Marburg lives in the shadow of Mount Elgon."
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