Originally Posted by forepaw
Birdwatcher, believe Preston's book "The Hot Zone" was based on fact. At that time, they were dealing with a strain (the only one of 5) that was not transmissible to humans, however, they didn't know that, and assumed it was as virulent and deadly as the other variants.

forepaw


The strain of Ebola (E. Reston) was transmissible to humans, it just didn't produce disease.