Nation IN BRIEF : TEXAS : Ebola Virus Hits 2 Imported Monkeys
The deadly Ebola virus has struck two monkeys imported into Texas from the Philippines, federal health officials confirmed as they worked to contain the outbreak at a primate quarantine facility. Doctors have no reports of bites or scratches to monkey handlers at HRP Inc., in Alice, Texas, but are watching the employees carefully as a precaution, said state epidemiologist Dr. Diane Simpson. Federal experts diagnosed the illnesses as similar to the Ebola strain that decimated a Reston, Va., monkey facility in 1989.
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