Boston (DbTechNo) - There is growing concern over a type of Ebola virus that has been detected in pigs from the Philippines.
Ebola is a very dangerous virus, and researchers say that there is a possibility that the virus could mutate, thus putting humans at risk of contracting it.
As mentioned, Ebola is very dangerous, characterized by uncontrolable bleeding and coagulation which can lead to a horrible death.
According to officials in the Philippines as many as 6 workers on pig farms may have been infected by coming into contact with pigs.
“REBOV (Ebola-Reston virus) infection in domestic swine raises concern about the potential for emerging disease in humans and a wider range of livestock,” researchers wrote in the journal Science.
They wrote that it appears that the strain of Ebola found in pigs appears to be more common in primates, thus it is odd to find it in pigs.
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