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Reston virus

infectious agent
Also known as: Orthoebolavirus restonense, RESTV, Reston ebolavirus(Show More)
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The Reston virus is a species of ebolavirus, a genus of viruses in the family Filoviridae. While other ebolaviruses cause severe illness in humans, including fever, rash, vomiting, diarrhea, and hemorrhaging, the Reston virus (RESTV) has not been found to be life-threatening to humans.12

An outbreak of the Reston virus occurred in laboratory monkeys in Reston, Virginia, in 1989. Fruit bats are suspected to be the natural reservoir for ebolaviruses. Ebolaviruses are characterized by their filamentous, threadlike virion particles.21

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